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 – and trust the process. Most are also, physically, rather timid. This works only up to a point.
What it doesn’t lead to is freedom on stage. The kind that doesn’t depend on a good partner, a strong idea, or a format that carries you. If you feel that gap, between functioning and being free, this training is for you.
Impro Supreme is for actors, performers and improvisers who want to work with the individual foundation: the body, the imagination, and choices you commit to. Not more techniques or formats. The base.
How it begins
You begin in the body. From where you actually are, physically. You move your attention to what’s real, instead of grasping for a character, an idea or narrative solution.
From there you develop the habit of catching the moment you get carried away or fall back on the usual – and coming back to readiness.
That’s the core of the training. If it sounds simple, it’s because it is. 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, built over twenty years of performing and teaching.
It draws physical acting, clown, mime and improvisation into one method. It is individual at its core – even when taught in groups.
What performers say
The Impro Supreme workshop was an incredible experience because I now feel better connected to my physical self as I explore characters and relationships in improvisation.
John Mabey
Improv actor & playwright
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
Writings
On improvisation, physical acting, clowning and creative life – written from doing it, not theorising about it.
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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
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Observations, questions, arguments. Second thoughts. No programme. No fixed schedule. Only when there’s something worth saying.