Caspar Schjelbred

Physical Acting & Creative Improvisation. Freelance teacher and Performer. Master of Arts in History of Science (Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

An improvisation can never be too long, only too boring.

Now the question is: what makes an improvisation TOO boring?

(A little boring is OK, even necessary.)

#improvisation

[Jim Hull @jameshull]

A story is not a collection of conflicts. It's not a bundle of issues, problems, or dramatic situations. It's the exploration of one single inequity--spread across every character, theme, and structural element.

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

L’improvisation bien réussie est une clarification de l’instant présent.

#improvisation #impro

[Eve Barlow @Eve_Barlow]

I have further thoughts after seeing the October 7th footage last night. I am no longer going to speak to people in separate silos. I am going to speak to a universal because

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Please watch this

It show the absolutely corrupt nature of this Tory administration

Beyond disgraceful

When the Tories are thrown out, the police will be able to investigate this

[Gurwinder @G_S_Bhogal]

9. Rothbard’s Law:
If a talent comes naturally to someone, they assume it’s nothing special, and instead try to improve at what seems difficult to them. As a result, people often specialize in things they're bad at.

[jacob paris ▲ @jacobmparis]

@Ohans_CK @_luigims most of the complex solutions are intentionally bad as a joke

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

The Chicago Manual of Style explains their illogical but widely enforced rule to place periods and commas inside quotation marks (defied by Wikipedia & other logic-conscious publications). https://t.co/MnvmpERzMq

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

Celui qui est vraiment libre n'a que faire de paraître libre.
#rocknroll #improvisation #liberté #fuckyeah

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

Attendre n’est pas hésiter.

Pour improviser calmement, de manière disciplinée, librement - s’entraîner à bouger de la sorte.

#improvisation #acting #clowning

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

Never become so professional that you forget your LOVE for doing whatever it is that you do.

Also, don’t use LOVE as an excuse for not honing your skills. That’s just poor loving.

#amateur #professional #love #skills

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Always look on the bright side of life.

Thank you to everyone who sent me this lovely performance by the MozArt Group. #MontyPython

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

Si vous n’êtes pas curieux de ce que vous faites, vous n’allez pas retenir l’attention des spectateurs pendant très longtemps.

#impro #theatre #communication

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

“Make your partner look good” - offer them a haircut?

#improv

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

It’s a wicked form of intelligence to describe yourself as an idiot - because you know it sells. If there’s one thing a professional clown isn’t, that’s an idiot.

#clown #workshops #idiot #fallacy

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

"The poem supreme, addressed to
emptiness – this is the courage necessary. This is something
quite different."

/ Robert Creeley

#supreme #poetry #courage #improvisation

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

Let’s not leave the philosophy of improvisation to improvising actors, musicians, etc… but rather to improvising philosophers.

#improv #pseudophilosophy

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

It’s easier to get away with acting like a clown if you look like one…

#clown #costume #makeup

[Caspar Schjelbred @ImproSupreme]

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle @Sorbonne_Nvelle : Sauvons la BSG ! https://t.co/Tie9jZz4ua via @ChangeFrance