Individual training for improvisation
Improvise from the body
Body, attention and imagination – the individual foundation for acting and improvising on stage.
Who this is for
Most performers develop a way of getting through scenes. They learn to listen, accept, build. They learn to trust the process.
Most are also, physically, rather timid.
It works – up to a point.
What it doesn’t always produce is genuine freedom on stage. The kind that doesn’t depend on a good partner, a strong idea, or a format that carries you.
If you sense that gap – between functioning and being actually free – this training is for you.
Impro Supreme is for actors, performers and improvisers who want to work with the individual foundation: the body, attention and clear choices. Not more techniques or formats. The base.
How the work begins
You begin in the body.
Not from a character, an idea or a narrative move – from where you actually are.
From there you develop the habit of noticing when you slip – when you get carried away, when you fall back on the familiar – and returning without drama.
That’s the core of the work. It sounds simple. In practice it’s the hardest thing to train, because nothing outside can do it for you.
About Impro Supreme
A physical way of working with improvisation
Founded in Paris in 2010 by Caspar Schjelbred, Impro Supreme has developed a physical approach to improvisation rooted in twenty years of performing and teaching.
The work synthesises physical acting, clown, mime and improvisation into a coherent method. It is individual at its core – even when taught in groups.
What performers say
This method changes your whole outlook on improvisation and the creative process. Improv at its most exciting, fresh and deep level.
Koenraad Coel
Improv actor & musician
Impro Supreme has been most useful to me in terms of knowing new methods of work, acquiring new skills and mostly identifying my weak spots that need work and improvement.
Corneliu Dragomirescu
Actor
Notes from inside the work
Thoughts and reflections on improvisation, physical acting, clowning and creative life – written from inside the work.
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Platonic Idiocy
A text about hesitation, reason, and the persistence of what never came to life.
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You don’t understand, until you understand
A reflection on the moment when understanding suddenly appears and how it changes the way we see the world.
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Improv emotions: what improvisers really feel
A practical mini-dictionary of improv emotions that uncovers what improvisers really feel on stage – and how those feelings shape their improvisation.
The Impro Supreme Letter
Reflections & work notes
A space for writing. Observations, questions, and what needs thinking through. No programme. No fixed schedule. Only when there’s something worth saying.