Unlock Creativity with Theatrical Techniques
Unlock Creativity with Theatrical Techniques
IMPROVISACION TEATRAL
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INTRODUCTION
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FOR WHOM IS THIS GUIDE?
Hello!
If you are an entrepreneur with an artist's spirit and you are experiencing creative block
it doesn't let you expand all your creativity, lack of motivation, ideas, or simply
Do you want more tools to develop your imagination and create new content, pro-
ducts and formats; then this guide is for you!
Many times we start producing at full capacity, working nonstop, and the daily activities...
Dianas consume our time and energy; studies, children, life itself!
Don't worry, that artist lion or lioness is surely locked up in your
an inner cage waiting to be freed and here I bring you the key, haha. (key and food because
They must be so hungry that when they go out, they will want to eat the world!)
That's why if you are looking to retrain your creativity, enhance it, unleash it and de-
to spark your imagination to feel that thrill of creation again, you are in the right place
indicated!
In this guide, I will tell you the best strategies to awaken your creativity, techniques
that I trained and refined myself for years as an improviser, director, and educator.
Theatrical Improvisation.
CREATIVITY IS
LIKE A MUSCLE;
THE MORE WE TRAIN
IT WORKS BETTER.
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All people are creative! Don't think it's just for a few. There is no such thing as
a tap of the magic wand without effort or consistency. The creative process is a job
what is learned and trained.
Below I give you tools that will unlock your creativity, make it easier for you
imagination will enhance your confidence and allow you to go into 'creative mode'
from now on and forever. And why not? Infecting you with the passion for Improvisation
theatrical!
Welcome!
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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET FROM THIS GUIDE?
Theatrical improvisation -a technique in which I specialize- is a discipline of the arts
scenic but also (and this is what I like the most) it is a compendium of techniques
to create.
What to create? Whatever you want: Scenes, content, stories, posts, music, drawings; since
it can be applied in any individual or group creative process. Here you will learn a
new way of creating that will change your life forever (no exaggeration...)
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"IMPROVISE" THAT BAD WORD....
"Improvising" generally has a negative popular meaning, it means: not prepared-
rar, not foresee, be irresponsible; and who knows how many more ugly things... Here I am going to...
replace that concept of 'Improvisation' with 'improvisation techniques' that we per-
how:
A) Facilitate the creative process: allowing us to create from the purest and most spontaneous.
from our being, rescuing our most playful side and teaching us to listen actively-
mind, communicate better and connect in our ideas.
B) Giving us tools that allow us to act in the face of unforeseen events; generating
value starting from them. By practicing the technique we will be able to reconcile with the misconceptions
and mistakes learning to see them as creative opportunities. Isn't it great?
Creativity is training. You will fall, you will get hurt, and you will make mistakes;
That's what learning is about. You have to make mistakes! Get up quickly and play again.
Like when you learned to ride a bike (unless you've never learned, if that's the case)
so leave this book and go already!!!)
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CAE
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE
IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUE
These are the basics: what you must know before you jump into improvising or creating.
This is like warming up, like rotating your ankles, putting on exercise clothes.
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Why CAE?
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TO TRUST
IN THE FIRST IDEA, ALWAYS!
TRUST THE FIRST IDEA
Ideas are not in the air, they are not in an exclusive place where the geniuses of the world
They arrive and touched by the wand, they take some: Dalí, Picasso, Chaplin, Einstein. All
they worked to generate them because the ideas are within us, we just have to listen
talks and accept them.
• TRUST IN MISTAKES
It is impossible to advance, create, play, or propose without making mistakes. Knowing in advance that
Mistakes allow us to de-dramatize errors and continue moving forward.
Beware of those who never make mistakes. Showing weaknesses makes us strong.
vulnerability makes us human, subjects. It puts us in a place of lack and in general
that is where creativity appears.
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ACCEPT
I mean, yes (that's easy!)
Tell him yes to the first idea without judging it.
Accept your own ideas, those that come from unknown, unconscious places. Say
that 'yes' without hesitation and you will see how soon they will multiply.
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LISTEN
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, FIRST OF ALL
Train active listening! Many times it seems that we listen but we have the
busy mind thinking about obligations, duties, prejudices and we don't really pay attention
Attention. So to train active listening you have to:
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NOW TO PRACTICE!
Now we are going to train the first point: Connive, accept, listen
Example: I hear my little neighbor playing on the Play, I imagine he is playing one of those role-playing games, I hear the brake.
from a bus and I imagine it brings people who are going to work who come from the center that some stayed
asleep in a seat, I hear a little bird I imagine is going to its nest because there are 3 or 4 chicks waiting.
And they still haven't eaten, I hear a strange sound it must be a car engine or ... everything!
TIPS:
TIP 1: Remember to repeat to yourself "Yes, and..." and do it quickly! Get into it.
time does not give you a place to think or judge yourself.
TIP 2: Spelling rules don't matter! Don't correct. Take advantage of any unforeseen event.
mistake, blunder. Don't delete them! Leave them there and make yourself use them no matter what.
TIP 3: Every time your thought appears (because it will appear, I assure you), 'that
stupid thought came to me... get it out of your mind as fast as possible! Think that it's your cen-
she's trying to limit you so beat her to it. Tell her 'yes yes, it's stupid and I don't'
Import it!” And keep producing without caring about anything.
LET'S PLAY!
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Get along with
THE UNFORESEEN
THE UNFORESEEN AFTER ALL
IT IS ANOTHER PROPOSAL
The unforeseen, error, mistake, is that inevitable event that happens and leaves us in
check; in a before and an after. It is inevitable: because it is unforeseen, simply.
it happened; it was a pandemic, a pipe burst, a light fell from the ceiling of the school-
Nario, we were going to hold the conference in a hall and they moved us to a park.
But.. I bring you good news! We can use it to add value! or we can
To deny it and remain in frustration; it is our decision.
THERE IS NO ERROR, THERE ARE DECISIONS Only if we accept and listen to what this
happening we will be able to give creative responses.
You can only dare to embrace the new by accepting that you will make mistakes.
that is a fundamental aspect of the creative process: Search, test, risk to create
new things. If we do what we already know, we are not creating anything.
Getting comfortable with mistakes, errors, and accidents will allow you to take a QUALITATIVE LEAP.
For example, a painter paints a landscape and suddenly a brushstroke escapes from him.
color, you can try to cover it up, erase it or you can create something there, embellishing that "error".
that was neither in their thoughts nor in their imagination before. The unexpected gives us
the possibility of becoming creative. Let's take advantage of it.
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NOW TO PRACTICE!
Now we are going to train Point 2: Making Friends with the Unexpected
I leave you these loose words (use your finger and point to them at random when the time comes)
You can conjugate the verbs, I put them in infinitive.
ELEPHANT
Example:
Once upon a time there was a ship sailing the high seas full of...
You take a pause) without hesitation you point randomly at one of those words and you have to continue the story from there:
Once upon a time there was a ship sailing on the high seas full of... GROVES
it was deserted and needed trees. (Then you accept, you say yes and... and you justify that word you inserted
in your story) and we move forward!
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TIPS:
TIP 1: Do not choose the word to insert that best suits the story; on the contrary,
be well unpredictable, surprise yourself! Ally with the unforeseen!
TIP 2: You can write more random words on a page and print them out to have them like
Loose little papers to play whenever you want!
LET'S PLAY!
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START WITH
ANYDON'T
SIDEBELIEVE IN THE
GOOD BEGINNINGS
Many times one of the biggest problems of creativity is where it comes from.
piece? What do I do with the blank sheet? What will my first note be, my first idea,
the topic I am going to talk about? Ahhhhhh how many things!!!
Here are the keys to start without tormenting yourself ever again!
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NOW TO PRACTICE!
Now we are going to train Point 3: Where do I start?
There are thousands more, but for now, with these you will have enough to keep you entertained!
TIPS:
TIP 1: So the first thing that comes to your mind; do not censor yourself, nor deny yourself or doubt.
Listen, trust and accept your own ideas without hesitation. If jokes or misunderstandings come to mind,
thoughts that surprise you use them! Surprise yourself!
TIP 2: Please decontextualize, do not bring reality into this as it is everywhere and
it limits our creativity. Try to act, to invent, to fly with your little head.
LET'S PLAY!
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SUMMATION
OF PROPOSALS
THE INFALLIBLE TECHNIQUE
The method of 'summation of proposals' invites us to build from what already exists. The
The technique consists of proposing an idea and adding another one to it (that builds on it, that
advance) and so on.
Not to think 4 ideas ahead, or in the whole history. Not to think beyond what
we have. We must control our reasoning that always wants to go to the future, to the
result. We also have to fight against denial and destruction of the
ideas, which is something that happens all the time.
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AHH! WHICH ONE DO I CHOOSE?
?WHICH ONE IS BETTER FOR ME?
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WHICH ONE IS BETTER?
If you propose something and then think about it: 'no, I'd better propose something else' and about
So… 'no, better I'm going to propose another one' you're going to end up in a spiral of doing nothing, without
You can't move forward or create. Remember that there is no best idea, there are ideas!
2 - SUM
Then you add another idea to that, and you say again 'Yes! And...' ('Yes! And next to him, it rested a
fly
3 - DO NOT BLOCK
Try not to deny or say 'but' ('but the fly left... no no no! Don't do that!
Let him stay
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4 - DO NOT DESTROY
Try not to destroy your own creations (or those of your team); ('and the branch broke
and the bird fell and died... "no no no! Let's not do that! Let's keep it alive)
with what there is! From what there is
5 - NO BLABLEES
Try to avoid making dialogues or to make few, just the necessary ones, heh, otherwise the person-
They will just go on talking blah blah blah and won't take action. Prioritize actions!
7 - HAVE FUN
Enjoy what comes to mind, remember to FALL (with it, accept and listen), if you have
Highlight unforeseen events or mistakes, play with them and there you go! You are creating with the technique.
from the sum of proposals. Congratulations!!!
1 IDEA + 1 IDEA
=
INFINITE WORLDS
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AND
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WHERE TO GET THE IDEAS?
BETTER LET THEM APPEAR ON THEIR OWN!
You can help them too.
Feedthem:withimages,uniquemoments,stimuli,experiences.
Once they appear, listen to them and accept them.
3) Trust them! They are the best you have.
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NOW TO PRACTICE!
Now we are going to train Point 4: The technique of summing proposals.
EXERCISE 4 "THE YES, AND..."
In this exercise, I give you different sentences to start stories and you have to continue.
those tales saying: 'Yes, and...'
Remember! Do not say 'No', or 'but', nor destroy anything you created, try not to doubt or
ask; on the contrary, resolve, make decisions and do not make the protagonists fight or argue.
Gonistas. Ufff, how many things Paufa!!
TIPS:
TIP 1: To make the story 'move forward', propose actions that lead to the protagonists.
from a place A to a place B (the best way to do this is to introduce verbs 'jumped, ran, sailed,'
it started to rain, they knocked on his door, etc)
TIP 2: Not thinking about the future, not 'worrying' about what is going to happen, how it is going to continue or
to finish the story or to go step by step, one proposal then another and so on, brick by brick.
The best way to create is by having a clear direction while walking step by step, training-
of the Present. And perhaps the course will change along the way because it gave us more desire to do another
Something, well let it change! Allow yourself to modify during the creative process because that's where it's real.
The mind where creativity is found; in the step by step.
LET'S PLAY!
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FINAL TIPS
TO PUT INTO PRACTICE
FROM THE BEGINNING
FOR THE MOMENT YOU TRAIN
YOUR CREATIVITY AND IN LIFE ITSELF:
I DECIDED
Make decisions. Trust your ideas and execute them. Deciding means taking charge of
our creativity. If we do well, great we win with confidence, if we do poorly, well
It's nothing, we rebuild trust and continue. Don't stop asking yourself 'What is it about?'
trata esto que estoy creando” “que quiero contar?” “para que lo hago” “que ve, escu-
Does anyone feel like enjoying this? What do I want to provoke? Don't expect perfection.
In action, don't expect to know or calculate everything, it's impossible.
HAVE FUN
Gift yourself and others good humor and fun. Have fun and entertain your companions, your
team, that the public/customer has fun is a consequence. If you love your product
Hello, they are going to love you. Give moments, experiences, joys. If you are getting bored
duplicate your creativity, explode, do whatever it takes to have fun, transform yourself. Change.
the rhythm makes unpredictable proposals, think about the projects, ideas or contents
from another place, another vision and it will change your energy. Ah! and repeat my mantra:
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PRESENTATION
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WHO AM I?
I am Pau Farías (soypaufa) Actress, comedian
the improviser; I live in Buenos Aires. Inte-
the improvisation company IMPROCRASH!
for fifteen years, alongside which
I represented Argentina in different festivals
National and International Valleys (Spain)
Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Brazil.
I teach improvisation classes, team building, and creativity coaching and dynamics.
group activities for more than fifteen years in Argentina and other countries (Chile, Spain,
Colombia).
I work as a trainer and personal coach for ensembles and individual actors.
I directed several comedy theater shows and I am a stand-up comedian, being able to
Thus exploring comedy in various formats.
I love working with humor and discovering the potential of each person.
I believe, insist, and repeat until I'm fed up that creativity is a human skill and that
We all can be creative; we just need to find the right tools.
steps to explore our own form, our motivation, and constant development
mind.
Creativity is not a goal, it is a pursuit. Here I show you just a few shortcuts.
to find it faster!
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I hope you loved this book as much as I enjoyed creating it for you!
If you feel like continuing to train your creativity and want to know more
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