What Do I Do With My Hands? Choreography for Musical Improvisers

Instructor: Philip Geurin (Seattle)

Get out of the chorus line trap and learn how to dazzle your audience with simple but effective movement and dancing that feels authentic to the moment.

In this workshop, Philip Geurin will help take the stress out of improvised choreography—or as he likes to call it, “joyful movement”—without sacrificing spectacle. Students will learn simplified approaches to creating physicalities that are both rooted in the conceptual ideas of the song and deeply satisfying for audiences.

Sure, on a Broadway budget the hunchback can sing while parcouring the church rafters and Elsa can build an ice castle, but there’s no reason why our improvised musicals can’t also look like a million bucks.

Student Information

All Levels: This workshop is open to students with some improv performance experience.

Workshop Capacity

To ensure the quality of the student experience, this workshop is capped at 20 students.

About the Instructor

Philip Geurin is a theatrical improviser and trainer who has toured nationally, teaching thousands of people across the country at medical schools, universities, anime conventions, and more. He has performed over 500 shows reaching over 400,000 viewers. Phil is best known on TV and Radio as Ada Ford's comedic relief and spokesman. He's even on a billboard somewhere in Oklahoma - as a six inch tall character towering fifty feet above the skyline. Phil has played and workshopped with world famous improvisers including Keith Johnstone (Impro), Jill Bernard, Matt Hill ("Badger" from Breaking Bad), Jimmy Carrane (Improv Nerd), Craig Cackowski (30 Rock), and the Second City West Touring Company.

Host or Publisher Bay Area Musical Improv