The 2-hour workshop exercise will use emotion, music, and movement to force you to communicate without speaking. During a three-minute song you (and possibly a few of your fellow improvisers) will be asked to convey the provided who, where and what of a scene by using only emotion and object work. Participants will be given suggestions and tips on how to improve the following techniques: – Mirroring – Gift Giving – Creating an Interesting Stage Picture – Remembering Instead of Inventing – Making the Entire Body Do the Talking The workshop exercise will emphasize how important emotion and physicality are to scene work. Participants will find new ways to communicate the Who, Where and What of the scene without saying a word. The maximum number of participants is 20. This is a performance exercise that will preface scenes with direction and recommendations and conclude with positive feedback and W/W/W guesses from the audience.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Chris Moody is a Board Member and Assistant Camp Director at Improv Utopia. He has been a member of the Resident Cast at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale, MI and the League of Pointless Improvisers at Pointless Brewery & Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI. He is one of the founders of the Detroit Improv Festival and the Detroit Improv Collective, Inc. and he currently volunteers and teaches improv workshops regularly at Gilda’s Club Metro Detroit.