Laura teaches improv teachers: Recent Episodes
Laura Doorneweerd
Hey, I know. Getting your improv students to move ๐คธโโ๏ธ and not stand & talk all the time is hard. But... getting your improv students to move in an ONLINE class? Even harder. ๐ณ Maybe you don't even know which exercises would work for that. ๐ Let me help you out! ๐ I have tips for more movement in your classes. Some are big and ridiculous. Some are small and easy. DID YOU ENJOY THIS? You can now join me in a 9-week course for improv teachers: Teaching Improv With Confidence. ๐ www.lauradoorneweerd.com/course You will learn so much about feeling awesome when you teach! ๐ช Here is what my previous student Monique said: ๐ฌ Did I become a better teacher thanks to this course? Yes. Absolutely. But warning: Lauraโs enthusiasm is ridiculously infectious. ๐ฌ
Yes, I definitely also am tired of the pandemic. That is why I am sharing with you different ways how I stay sane, and how I work on my confidence. Because standing still is not really my thing.
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Do you ever worry about teaching in English (as a non-native English speaker)? ๐ฌ๐ง In this lesson, I will share my experiences teaching in my 2nd language. The mistakes, the shame, and how I became more confident. Consider this your pep talk: your English doesn't have to be 'good' to teach in it. ๐ช
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Is it better to play ridiculous failing games as a warmup? Or do complex musical scales? In this lesson, I am sharing with you 3 angles to find the perfect warmup for your workshop. And I am giving a few examples for each of them. This is especially great if you find it hard to make up your own exercises or feel like you don't know enough exercises.
โฎ If you are still unsure which topic to teach in the first place, check out my free workbook www.lauradoorneweerd.com/freeworkbook โฎ Or join me for a live Zoom session on 'Finding your topic': Tuesday 16th of March, 20:00 CET (DM me, and I will send you the Zoom link) โฎ You can buy my ready-to-use workshop plan from March 14th on. Get reminded by subscribing to Laura's Letters on Improv: https://www.lauradoorneweerd.com/lauras-letters-on-improv
Whether you are a beginning teacher, or already more advanced, it can be difficult to know: are my students even liking this? I am sharing 3 memories from my teaching career (all the way back to 2008!) of me not being sure whether students were liking it. And how I discovered that they did.
In this lesson I will share 3 examples of improvisers thinking โI have nothing to teachโฆโ and what I have told them.
These 3 reasons were mentioned:
I am not a full-time improviser.
I am not as funny/fast/loud. I always play [something else].
I am not good at one thing. I am a bit of everything.
Let me explain to you how your 'weakness' is your superpower.
I have a blog full of exercises, tips and free downloads for improvisers and improv teachers: www.lauradoorneweerd.com/blog
Curious about the improv teachers course? www.lauradoorneweerd.com/interest
An interview with Sue Walden by Laura Doorneweerd. See the show notes on www.lauradoorneweerd.com/blog/ohana6
In this interview we talk about: - how working with a partner has kick started her career; - what obstacles she has overcome; - what she did when she got โa little tiny bit boredโ; and much, much more.
An interview with Sarah Michaelson by Laura Doorneweerd. See the show notes on www.lauradoorneweerd.com/blog/ohana5
Yes, an anniversary! It's the 5th episode already of the Ohana Improv Podcast. What better way to celebrate than with music!
I spoke to Sarah Michaelson, a.k.a. DJ Mama Cutsworth about dancing, improv and music. So basically: everything that makes life good.
In the interview we talk about:
โ her role as a music improviser; โ how Speechless started (with a great anecdote from their first rehearsal); โ advice for other music improvisers; โ how she warms up (which is a little different); and much, much more.
An interview with Amir Atsmon by Laura Doorneweerd. See the show notes on www.lauradoorneweerd.com/blog/ohana4
An interview with Patti Stiles by Laura Doorneweerd. See the show notes on http://www.lauradoorneweerd.com/blog/ohana3
An interview with Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre Matt Schuurman. Interviewer: Laura Doorneweerd
An interview with improviser and trainer Tim Orr from San Francisco. Interviewer: Laura Doorneweerd See the shownotes on www.lauradoorneweerd.com/podcast