Skills used in improv

The art of improv needs a number of skills to be successful. Although an umbrella term, you actually need to be able to improvise. If you are put on the 2pot and you acan't stay focussed or in role, you are not successfully improvising. Although in most theatre, planning is vital,  if you plan too much in improvisation, it is not very good. This is because you never know what your peers will want, and the scene or piece could go down a different track. You must also be engaged with your group or partner. If you both or all don't work together or stay engaged, and aware of each other, a quick paced and interesting scene can not work. Team work is vital skill. Although you can do solo improv, group or pair work is more common and desired. If you can't work together, improvising wouldn't be possible, and you would not be sufficient at acting. You must be imaginative. If curing improv you run out of ideas, you must keep going, without stalling and not being creative5 In improv you learn how to do all of these skills, as they're all vital in any improvised piece.