Collaborating with Comedy
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This document discusses techniques for effective improvisational comedy collaboration. It explains concepts like "Yes, and..." which involves accepting offers and building on others' ideas. It also discusses using playful insults to help teams work through hierarchy, and the importance of listening without planning a response. Questions are favored over statements to avoid perfectionism and allow for exploration.
Collaborating with Comedy
- 4. Viola Spolin (1906 – 1994) Keith Johnstone (1933 – )
- 5. GIFT BOX
- 6. (DISCUSS)
- 7. YES, AND…
- 8. YES, • Appreciation • Acknowledgement • Heard • Validation • Encouragement • Acceptance AND... • Adding • Building • Collaborating • Connecting • Inspiring • Creating
- 9. CRUDE HUMOR
- 11. (DISCUSS)
- 12. Status & Safety • ‘playful’ insults can help a team work with status more easily • we must be able accept our own weaknesses in order to feel safe • “Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” - Lencioni
- 13. BLIND OFFERS
- 14. Spontaneity • An offer is the basic unit of currency for improv • Accepting an offer allows action to develop • Low status players tend to accept offers • High status players tend to refuse offers (unless they feel they can control them)
- 15. DELIGHT
- 16. Spontaneity • Anything which prevents action is called a ‘block’ • Blocking is a natural response to fear and uncertainty • Blocking tends to be aggressive (high status) • Good improvisers are able to turn a block into an offer
- 18. REALLY Listening R elax, but remain present. E ngage yourself completely into what it being said. Nothing else will distract you from that moment. A llow the speaker to finish before you start. L ose the desire to plan what you say or do next. Be in the moment, something could change. L ink the previous to the current. Join the story together. Y es, and. Confirm and accept.
- 19. QUESTIONS ONLY
- 20. Perfectionism • The education system rewards the perfect answer • This has led to a fear of imperfection • Humans crave quick solutions to even the most complex problems • “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” – Bruce Lee