TEDxVictoria - Dave Morris: The Way of Improvisation

[successpaul]

Awesome speech

[AidanNBD]

Awesome!

[compunkdotcom]

So well done! Now to Improvise a comment - Bologne

[98bubis]

nice dave! i know u :)

[sunsetlabs]

congrats Dave! twas great speaking at tedx with you and i appreciate you warming up the audience for me. well, getting them right hot i think actually. ;) well done sir.

[kkoppett1]

Great stuff, Dave. Spread the word.

[Jamielwyllie]

Dave is a proud alumni of the Canadian Improv Games (CIG) and CIG is proud of Dave!

[ghudner]

YAY 720p TED videos... Thank god.

[k18gunter]

this man is not only wise but also handsome



[JasmineBaby05]

@k18gunter i think he is wise so that makes him hansome

[thescowlingschnauzer]

@GodEquals3 True that improv does not happen in a vacuum. Here's a better way of saying it: improvising is a way of making something where it was not before.

Also true that sometimes you do have to say no. As Dave Morris said, a series of yeses takes will you somewhere and a series of nos doesn't even get started. There are some paths you just shouldn't go down, but when you really listen, you find there's a lot more things you can say yes to than things you have to say no to.

[GodEquals3]

Very good talk but improvisation isn't making something out of nothing and sometimes you just have to say no.

[saltysamurai]

@GodEquals3 When you have to say "no" in improv, it's when accepting an offer means saying "no", and saying "yes" would amount to a denial, so saying "no" is really "saying yes".

[HeroicGomez]

@GodEquals3 Of course not. Keep in mind one of his principles is "Play the game", meaning to improvise within the context of whatever rules or situation you're under.

[gugudolia]

very creative :) i love it