Join Diana for this introduction to Character through Laban Technique. With the application of this technique, we’ll learn to quickly find the physical, emotional and psychological center of characters.
Laban movement was originally used in dance choreography and for dancers. Later it began to be used by actors to help them improve their performances.
Now, applying it to improv, Laban movement can help improv artists to:
- Develop their physical expressiveness
- Understand and support internal impulses
- Identify and play characters who are different from themselves
- Enhance understanding the more subtle characteristics about movement with respect to our character’s inner intention.
All experience levels are welcome.
Experience Level
Intermediate to Advanced. Minimum previous experience: Improv Basics or equivalent.
Location
Unscrewed Center
4500 E. Speedway Blvd. #40
Tucson, AZ 85715
About the Instructor
Diana Brown is an improv artist, teaching artist, actor, producer, director, and voiceover talent. At the San Francisco Improv Festival, she was voted the most valuable mentor and teacher.
She leads the improv program at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s School of Theatre. Diana is also an instructor, producer, and member of the leadership team with Leela Improv Theatre in San Francisco.
She has had the privilege of leading Improv workshops and workshops to show experiences at SAVI Fest, O-Town Improv Fest, Improv Utopia's Camp West, the 2023 Queen City Comedy Experience, 2023 IMPRIDE San Diego, Salt Lake City DuoFest, Queen City Comedy, 2nd Best Comedy Fest, Improv MKE, New Orleans Improv Festival, Denver Improv Festival, in San Francisco, Tucson Comedy Arts Festival, and 2022 & 2023 Vintage Improv Festival (with Jane Morris, Jeff Michalski, Greg Tavares, Lisa Lynn).
Diana is half of the duo Bingewatch and the Tennesse Williams-inspired duo Fleeting Reminiscence. She plays in the improvised Shakespeare trio Gamesome Frolic, the trios POPTOP and The Witches, the duos Horrible People, DJ, Secret Lives of Villains, Salt and Pepper, and Davenport & Brown, and the Twilight Zone-inspired ensemble But of Mind.
Diana is a guest artist with BATS Improv in San Francisco and a member of the acting pool with the San Francisco sketch comedy company Killing My Lobster. She has appeared at Ireland Improv Festival, SAVI Fest, O-Town Improv Fest, Rise Comedy Fest, SF Sketchfest, The Queen City Comedy Experience, San Francisco Improv Fest, Improvaganza Hawaii Festival of Improv, San Diego Improv Fest, Wasatch Improv Fest, New York Improv Festival. Vintage Improv Fest, 2nd Best Comedy Fest, New Orleans Improv Fest, Twin Cities Improv Fest, Alaska State Improv Fest, Tucson Comedy Arts Fest, and others. Diana also performs in scripted theater productions, appearing in festivals in New York, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.
Diana Brown will be teaching four workshops at Unscrewed Theater on December 5 and 6. Enroll in all four workshops for only $250!