After years of teaching improv, we stopped using levels in our classes. Improvisation is not a linear process, so there is no reason to teach it linearly. Levels also say very little about a person’s capacity to work with others. We all know highly experienced improvisers who struggle to give space and time, and beginners who listen, adapt, and support with great care. We can learn from one another regardless of experience. What is required to take our classes is not background, but courage, consideration, and curiosity.
Instead of levels, we work with the following approaches, all open to beginners and experienced improvisers alike:
Exploring connection and togetherness.
Exploring spontaneity and self-expression.
Exploring storytelling and collective expression.
You will find aspects of all these approaches in everything we do, but each improv learning event places the emphasis on one of them.
