An excellent video exploring what happens in the brain during improvisation versus memorized performance. Charles Limb puts jazz musicians and free style rappers in an FMRI and shares his preliminary results of what happened. What’s…
Everyone knows that improv is booming in Austin, but something gives me a feeling it might be booming all over. I feel like I’ve been seeing more improv-related articles in major media lately. So either…
The New York Times today had a nice piece on improv training (and ipods) for improving customer service at hotels. The goal was to foster “intuitive service,” said Jennifer Lee, the Elysian’s learning and development…
Out of Bounds is bigger than ever this year– more improv, more sketch comedy, more stand up, more stages, more classes, bigger venues, bigger parties. It’s an exciting week and there’s a ton going on.…
This week’s This American Life radio show is all about hopes and wishes. And the introductory segment could have been stolen from my Improv Singing 201 Class. It’s all about the prevalence of “I Wish”…
Out of Bounds is the biggest week of the year for comedy in Austin, and this year it’s even bigger. Now is a great time to learn about what’s shows are happening, what classes they…
A nice writeup this week about Girls Girls Girls’ Boys of Summer, playing the next 5 Fridays at 8pm at The Hideout Theater Troupe suspends ‘girls-only’ rule in summer series By Katherine Kloc, Daily Texan…