improvised hip hop
Learn improvised hip hop and get comfortable with freestyle rapping!
You’ll learn how to work with the beat, find your flow, create rhythmic and musical hooks, and construct versus that can heighten any improvised scene.
Aside from learning some Hip Hop fundamentals, you’ll learn how to leverage good scene-work to develop raps that audiences can connect with. Use the characters and scenes you create and weave them into a rap that you, and your fellow players, create on the spot!
You’ll progress as a team week by week as you have fun learning how to improvised hip hop and then put it all together in a fun show!
Whether you’ve done some Hip Hop before, or if this is your first time, we’d love to have you along! You just need to be ready to have fun!
You don’t need any previous of hip-hop or singing experience to do this course, but if you haven’t got any previous improv experience please start with one of our other improv classes first.
dates, time, location
Dates: Every Tuesday for 8 weeks from Tuesday 13th September 2022, plus show on Friday 4th November 2022. SOLD OUT
Time: 7pm – 9pm.
Price: £225. Either payable all at once or with an initial payment of £100 followed by the remaining £125 once the course starts.
Venue: Theatre Delicatessen Studios, 107 Leadenhall Street, EC3A 4AF.
Tubes: Bank, Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, Aldgate.
Ages: 18+
You don’t need any previous of hip-hop or singing experience to do this course, but if you haven’t got any previous improv experience please start with one of our other improv classes first.
your teachers: track 96!
This course will be taught by London-based Hip Hop team Track 96. Initially formed from members of various Hoopla House teams, this troupe consists of 8 experienced improvisers that have learned from some of the best including Northcoast, Chicago I/O, Hoopla, Maydays, The Nursery, The British Improv Project, and more!
Your head instructor will be Russ Morgan, joined by various team members over the course.
Russ is a London-based improviser that has learned from some outstanding improv organisations including Hoopla, The Nursery, The Maydays, Northcoast and British Improv Project. Russ is a founding member of Buffet Improv, a former member of Hoopla musical short-form team The Staccatos, and Track 96. He has performed across the UK and loves all things improv!
faqs
Who is this suitable for?
People who’ve done some improv or acting before and want to play with improvised rap or hip hop. If you haven’t done any improv or acting before it’s best to start with our Beginners Improv Course first.
Do I need any musical improv experience?
No. No previous musical improv experience is needed for this workshop.
Do I need any hip hop or rap experience?
No. No previous hip hop or rap experience is needed for this workshop.
Do I need to know any hip hop?
No. Even if you’ve never listened to any rap or hip hop in your life you can still do this workshop.
How big is the class size?
14 people on average, maximum of 16. We find this works as it’s big enough to create a fun atmosphere but small enough that you get lots of time to play with each exercises.
Will you be doing it again?
Probably about once per year only.
Do I have to do the show at the end?
No, it's optional, so you are welcome to see how it goes.