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If you'd like to stay up to date with my blog you can head on over to my new substack account where I'll be posting as often as...
katybateson
Mar 141 min read
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Down the Rabbit Hole - Laban states
Following on from my original Laban post I've been researching the Laban states where you combine 2 elements. These are sometimes...
katybateson
Sep 19, 20242 min read
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Down the Rabbit Hole - Stage Directions
This week I've had a quick refresh on stage directions particularly focusing on where we stand on stage. This is a really important topic...
katybateson
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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Down the Rabbit Hole - Proxemics
Whilst I've been exploring Laban I was particularly interested in his idea of kinespheres. A kinesphere is like an invisible bubble that...
katybateson
Aug 23, 20243 min read
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Down the Rabbit Hole - Laban
I recently stumbled across the Laban effects during a course led by Jules Munns (And Also) and fell well and truly down the rabbit hole...
katybateson
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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Am I the only one who struggles with improv books?
I love reading. I will happily sit for hours lost in a good bok. But I must be honest, I find reading improv books hard! It doesn't...
katybateson
Oct 16, 20231 min read
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Do you ever feel lonely in your improv?
That's me back in 2011 ish. I was feeling pretty lost and lonely in my improv. I was spending 3 hours every Saturday travelling to...
katybateson
Oct 9, 20232 min read
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Playful learning and joyful connection
I've spent the last few years sharing my improv knowledge in different ways. I've done courses, workshops, social media posts,...
katybateson
Sep 26, 20232 min read
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Word of the year
I’ve always been shockingly bad with New Year’s resolution, I’d try and give myself some resolutions and usually I’d set myself things...
katybateson
Jan 5, 20231 min read
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3 group warm ups
Here is a quick post with 3 great group warm ups. I love doing warm ups at the start of an improv class, they are a great way to get us...
katybateson
Dec 15, 20222 min read
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3 ways to improve your improv
So here's a quick blog with 3 ways to improve your improv Find a hobby (or 2!) outside of improv! A great way to improve our improv is to...
katybateson
Dec 12, 20221 min read
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Is Narrative improv hard?
There seems to a myth that floats around in the improv community that Narrative improvisation is hard. That it should only be attempted...
katybateson
Dec 5, 20222 min read
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Improv as a journey
I’ve been improvising for 19 years now and teaching for 11 years. Improvisation is a strange passion. There’s something almost smoke like...
katybateson
Nov 21, 20222 min read
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3 solo improv exercises
We can’t always improvise with other people, sometimes we don’t have time or we live far away from other improvisers, maybe there’s...
katybateson
Nov 14, 20222 min read
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3 Story telling exercises
Here are 3 quick story telling exercises that will really help you improve your story telling skills. The Storyspine by Kenn Adams. I...
katybateson
Oct 24, 20221 min read
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Comparison - The death of joy
I’ve heard comparison described as the death of joy. I know that type of comparison and I’m sure you know it too! I think there are two...
katybateson
Oct 17, 20222 min read
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3 scene painting tips
Scene painting is a wonderful and greatly underused improv tool. Simply put it is describing the location where a scene happens or...
katybateson
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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Happy October
The year is flying by and Autumn is finally here. I'm full of cold and my head feels like it's full of cotton wool but hopefully that...
katybateson
Oct 3, 20221 min read
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Conscious conflict
What is conscious conflict? Conscious conflict is when the improvisers on stage make a conscious choice for the scene to have conflict...
katybateson
Aug 17, 20221 min read
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The most incredible workshop
The most incredible and vulnerable workshop I have ever been part of was a musical improv workshop with Katy Schutte and Joe Samuels at a...
katybateson
Aug 8, 20222 min read
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