What is improvisation?

  • (noun): An unplanned expedient.
    Synonyms: temporary expedient
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Improvisation

Improvisation is the practice of acting, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, talking, creating artworks, problem solving, or reacting in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act. This invention cycle occurs most effectively when the practitioner has a thorough intuitive and technical understanding of the necessary skills and concerns within the improvised domain. Improvisation can be thought of as an "on the spot" or "off the cuff" spontaneous activity.

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Stopgap
... Improvisation is the practice of acting, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, talking, creating artworks, problem solving, or reacting in the moment and in response to ... Improvisation can be thought of as an "on the spot" or "off the cuff" spontaneous activity ... The skills of improvisation can apply to many different abilities or forms of communication and expression across all artistic, scientific, physical ...
Laptronica - Electroacoustic Improvisation
... Electroacoustic improvisation is a form of free improvisation that was originally referred to as live electronics ... British free improvisation group AMM, particularly their guitarist Keith Rowe, have also played a contributing role in bringing attention to the practice ... A variety of terms have been used to describe music associated with electroacoustic improvisation such as “lowercase” (a term coined by artist and musician Steve Roden for his own work), “onkyokei” (or ...
Laptronica - Electroacoustic Improvisation - Characteristics
... a defining characteristic of electroacoustic improvisation is its “anti-virtuoso” æsthetic, arguing that conventional instrumental techniques are rarely ... Electroacoustic improvisation sometimes differs significantly from music associated with the established free improvisation scene ... writing in Stylus magazine, and referring to the "new school of electro-acoustic improvisation," critic Jeff Siegel writes, In case you are as yet not indoctrinated into this music ...
Stopgap - Theatre - Dance
... Dance improvisation as a choreographic tool Improvisation is used as a choreographic tool in dance composition ... Improvisation without inhibition allows the choreographer to connect to their deepest creative self, which in turn clears the way for pure invention ... Contact improvisation a form developed in 1973, that is now practiced around the world ...

More definitions of "improvisation":

  • (noun): A creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation).