Improv Glossary
As in every special field, there are a lot of terms with special meaning in the Improtheater. We have tried to compile and explain some of these terms in our improv glossary.
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Experience
Energy
Competences
Accept
The most important rule of improvisation is: accept offers of players. Rejecting automatically stops, disrupts, or impedes every improvis...
Action and Reaction
The principle of action and reaction means that an actor who is in dialogue and/or in another (pantomime) interaction with another actor ...
Attitude
In improvisational theater attitude can have several meanings. An attitude, a personal opinion, or a feeling about something: a personal...
Authenticity
Authenticity related to people means that the action of a person is not determined by external factors, but is due to the person himself/...
Character
The character in improv theater is the represented fictional being that does not exist in reality. This being can be a human or animal or...
Conflict
It is often the conflict that makes a scene interesting. For example, when the room is set up and the routines are established, thus th...
Gossip
Gossip means that a player talks about something that is taking place or has taken place elsewhere. No interactions takes place. Example...
Long Form
Long forms are more or less closely connected sequences of scenes, usually from 20 to 45 minutes in length, but also full-length formats ...