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Teachers
You can learn more about the people behind Montreal Improv, Francois Vincent and Marc Rowland, over here.
Level 1 - Beginner
- Be playful with ideas
- Work effectively in a team
- Relax in front of others
- Tell stories
- Create instantly
- Learn the basic games
Level 2 - Apprentice
- Expand your games repertoire
- Play in more challenging scenes
- Build a character
- Establish a character's status
- Construct an environment
Level 3 - Intermediate
- Deliver a monologue
- Express yourself through body language
- Develop advanced storytelling techniques
- Portray a character's emotions
- Perform in a show at the end of classes
Level 4 - Advanced
- Handle multiple ideas in a scene
- Enhance scenes with Silence and Gibberish
- Evolve a character's relationships
- Present a longform narrative
- Perform in a show at the end of classes
Topics: Scenework
- Take your scenes to the next level
- Scene-specific exercises
- Narrative work
- Starting and finishing a scene
- Finding what a scene is about
Topics: Characters
- Develop your physicality
- Get inspired by movement and voice
- Make your characters emotional
- Discover the character's motivation
- Build your range of possibilities
Free Drop-In Class
Come out and try Montreal Improv on for size with a FREE class. No registration necessary. Just show up!
Next Drop-In: TBD, End of March
@ TBD
Level 1
Next Start Date:
TBD, End of March @TBD
6 weekly sessions of 2 hour classes
120$
• 10$ OFF: If you sign up with a friend, you both get the discount!
Register by email with your name and desired class.
Level 2
Next Start Date:
TBD
6 weekly sessions of 2 hour classes
(for Level 1 graduates only)
120$
Register by email with your name and desired class.
Level 3
Next Start Date: Spring 2010
6 weekly sessions of 2 hour classes
(for Level 2 graduates only)
Special Topics: Characters
Next Start Date: March 14
Sundays from 1-3pm @
MainLine Theatre
6 weekly sessions of 2 hour classes
(for Level 1 graduates only)
120$
Teacher: Kirsten Rasmussen
Looking for a way to create specific, full and complex characters within seconds of starting the scene?Ê This class will examine how to create original characters through exploration of their physical, vocal and emotional qualities that differ or are exaggerated from the creatorÕs own qualities.Ê We will explore physicality pulling from Laban Movement exercises, as well as working from imitation, instinct, and visual triggers. And since a characterÕs soul comes through their voice, this class will examine vocal rhythms, ranges and ticks.
The workshop will start by finding physical and vocal characters and then we will focus on making these characters emotional, by knowing what they want, from who, and how, in every moment.Ê Whether it be, ÒI am hungry, I want his ham sandwich,Ó or ÒI love him, and I want him to propose to me.Ó