Improv: Jump & Justify Games

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Are you struggling with your improvisational skills? Are you looking for some helpful tips and exercises that will improve your improv? Learn how to use jump and justify games in improv in this free arts and entertainment video series.

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Improv: Blind Line
Blind line uses quotes from songs, movies or other places that are written down by the audience. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Blind Line Game
Spread the slips of paper with the lines out on the stage so you can use them at any time during the scene. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Hesitation Debate
When new information or ideas are added that are seemingly disassociated or unrelated, and we have to make them make sense, or connect them back to what's already been established. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Hesitation Debate Demonstrated
Begin the hesitation debate with a suggested topic; it can be anything. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Jump & Justify
Jump and justify is when you make a leap either with new information, or some kind of reaction, and then you make it make sense, you justify that just happened. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Jump & Justify Expert Exercise
What makes the expert exercise humorous is that the performer does not know much about the subject. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Jump & Justify Expert Interview
Using a performer as an expert is one way to practice skills for jump and justify. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Slideshow
Improvise a slide show, maybe from a vacation, or a presentation or something like that. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Slideshow Game
Have one person host the slideshow while the other performer plays the pictures. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: The Boris Game
The Boris game uses questions to uncover information. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: The Boris Game Demonstrated
The Boris game progresses as each performer leads the other with questions or pieces of information. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Twin Pillars
Twin pillars challenges performers to make sense of information given by audience members. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Improv: Twin Pillars Game
Choose two audience members to play your pillars. Learn how to do jump and justify games in improv in this free theater video.

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Summary: Improvisational theater is a form of theater in which the actors use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously. Actors typically use audience suggestions to guide the performance as they create dialogue, setting, and plot extemporaneously. Many improvisational actors also work as scripted actors, and "improv" techniques are often taught in standard acting classes. The basic skills of listening, clarity, confidence, and performing instinctively and spontaneously are considered important skills for actors to develop.

The best way to improve one's improv skills is to practice, and the only problem with practicing improv is that it helps to have a template to practice with. In this free video series, an professional improvisation instructor and performer will teach you how to play a number of improv games and partake in exercises that will sharpen your acting skills. You'll learn how to use jump and justify games. With these exercises, you'll see your improv instincts improve in no time!

About the Expert

Expert: Shana has over a thousand hours of teaching under her belt and is considered one of the most experienced and effective improv teachers in Central Texas. As the former Dean of The Heroes School of Improvisational Theatre, some of her clients have included: Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Whole Foods, The University of Texas McCombs School of Business, PricewaterhouseCoopers as well as adults and children throughout the community. Shana founded her own company, Merlin-Works, in 2003 in order to provide custom training, interactive presentations and comedy shows to businesses and organizations through improvisation. The Austin Improv Collective awarded her "Best Improv Teacher" and "Best Improv Class." In 2008, she opened the Merlin Works Institute for Improvisation, offering classes in shortform gameplay and narrative longform improv. In addition to her teaching and corporate training career, Shana Merlin is a highly acclaimed performer. Since 1996, Shana has been a professional improviser, performing from Calgary to San Francisco.