Act Up your Improv
Act Up your Improv
31 JAN 2024
with Rozana Radu
8 week course
Work on two acting techniques that will develop and shape your improv skills even further
Wednesdays 31 January to 20 March 2024
19:00 to 22:00Rue Général Leman 145 (Etterbeek)
€250 for the course (8 weeks)
€225 for university students, jobseekers and people under 28 (Use CONC20 at checkout)
Some people call it improv, we like to call it improvisational theatre. Because it is exactly like theatre, but improvised. And just like theatre, it needs constant improvement and crafting. And just like theatre, it speaks the truth about one self.
In this note, this class will work on two acting techniques that will develop and shape your improv skills even more.
Sanford Meisner and Michael Chekhov invisioned two methods that are very different, but very complementary. The Meisner technique is based on repetition and on creating meaningful contact with the scene parteners through a series of exercises. The Chekhov one, is a completely imaginative approach to experiencing the truth of the moment. You will use real life events to grow your range of emotions and portray them better.
The mere combination of these two, will take you to a superior level, where you shall discover the power of the present and will upgrade your collaboration on stage.
What you’ll learn
Connect with your scene parteners in a solid, unique way
Trust your impulses and give them a voice
Work on your emotional capacites and express them more naturally
Create a variety of characters that can better relate to one another.
Who this is for
This is one of our Bubbles. These courses are intended for improvisers who already have an understanding of the basics, perhaps (but not necessarily) through our own Starting Steps courses. If you’re wondering which course is right for you, then feel free to email us.
This particular course is suitable for both intermediate and advanced improvisers. One can never work TOO much on emotional connection after all :)
About the teacher
Rozana Radu
Rozana is a mother, an actress and an improviser. She started improvisation 15 years ago in Bucharest creating Improvisneyland, the longest-serving impro group in Romania, alongside 6 other actors. They were the first Romanian improvisers to ever perform at the Second City and Impro Amsterdam.
She has done theatre, cinema, television, ballet, aerobics, fencing, ballroom dancing, and she would love to learn capoeira. She also improvises in French in Rouge, a socially engaged show that tackle gender inequalities. Aside from improv, she is a member of U-Thrive, an NGO specialised in alternative education for children, teenagers and disadvantaged communites.