The Improv Lineage Project

 The visualization currently displayed represents the project’s first analytical layer: direct teacher-to-student mentorship connections. At this early stage, the map is exploratory and intentionally unrefined, reflecting the organic, user-submitted nature of the data.

As the dataset expands, the project will incorporate additional lineage layers, including:

• Institutional and theatre-school affiliations
   
• Geographic and regional training pathways
   
• Stylistic and methodological lineages (e.g., Johnstone, Spolin, Harold lineage, CSz match-play)
   
• Form-based traditions and innovations
   
• Independently developed or culturally specific improv pedagogies
   

These maps will exist alongside one another, offering a multidimensional view of global improvisational heritage.

The current map should be understood as a prototype within a much larger and ongoing project of documentation and connection.