Your Instructor: David Koff
David Koff has been improvising since 1992. He received his formal training at "The Groundlings" in Los Angeles. After that, David trained for a decade with Groundlings alum Stan Wells at his popular "Empty Stage Theatre” followed by two years in the master class of Bill Steinkellner, executive producer of “Cheers” and “Just Shoot Me”.
David sold his first screenplay to Fox Family Films in 1993 and continues to write for and act on the stage and screen.
In 2019, David founded the Change Through Play Improv & Training Studio where he teaches improvisation as a life skill to students of all ages.
His corporate clients include Nike, Intel, PwC, Comcast, Tektronix, Synopsis, Joyful, TOMRA, and many others.
INTRODUCTION TO
PERFORMANCE IMPROVISATION
In this course, join David as we explore some of his favorite approaches, techniques, and tricks to learning the foundational skills of performance improvising.
THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR BEGINNERS, ALTHOUGH INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED PLAYERS WILL ALSO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND POLISH OLD ONES.
This go-at-your-own-pace series will explore some of the core skills that are required for anyone wishing to learn the foundations of improv or to add new confidence to how they're currently improvising.
Here are just a few of the skills that you'll learn:
Specificity
Nothing is more important to your improv skill than being specific. Learn why and then HOW to start using this skill.
Learning Agreement
One of the oldest tools in improv is also one of the most confusing. Learn the easy way in this lesson.
Learning to Listen
There are different kinds of listening when we're improvising. This one is the most important.
Our Full Course Curriculum:
- Improv & Psychology (7:56)
- The Real Meaning & Use of "Yes, and..." (5:55)
- An Introduction to "Deep Listening" (14:31)
- Entering Flow vs. Having an Agenda (13:54)
- The Power (and Need!) of Being Specific in Improvising (5:52)
- Non-Verbal Communication (11:08)
- The Power of Silence (10:52)
- Introduction to Character Work (13:53)
- What Is Spacework (or mime work) and Why Is It So Important? (4:52)