improve. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply...

musical text." Improvisation is often done within (or based on) a pre-existing harmonic framework or chord progression. Improvisation is a major part...

and processes of improvisation are also used outside the context of performing arts. This practice, known as applied improvisation, is used in classrooms...

Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any general rules, instead following the intuition of its performers. The term can refer...

release of Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, jazz improvisation has come to include modal harmony and improvisation over static key centers, while the emergence...

An improvised weapon is an object that was not designed to be used as a weapon but can be put to that use. They are generally used for self-defence or...

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre is a book written in 1979 by theatre educator Keith Johnstone. The book is divided into four sections: "Status",...

Applied Improvisation Network was founded, a non-profit organization of people committed to using applied improvisation. Applied improvisation sees use...

Contact improvisation is a form of improvised partner dancing that has been developing internationally since 1972. It involves the exploration of one's...

movement that improvisation is centred upon the mover is able to explore authentic feelings and inspirations. In Renaissance Italy, improvisation was used...

because it contains many subgenres, improvisation is one of its defining elements. The centrality of improvisation is attributed to the influence of earlier...

Citizens Brigade. When The Committee disbanded in 1972, improv company Improvisation, Inc. was the only company in America continuing to perform the group's...

imitate it, or recreate the same expressions. Elaborate untexted vocal improvisation was and still is an important element in Turkish and Middle Eastern...

Live and Improvised is a two compact disc live album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, that was originally released in 1976 as a live album entitled In...

same manner as computer-aided design. Machine improvisation uses computer algorithms to create improvisation on existing music materials. This is usually...

The Improviser is a live album by trumpeter Chet Baker which was recorded in Norway in 1983 and first released on the Cadence Jazz label. The Allmusic...

poème" Improvisation I sur Mallarmé – "Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd'hui" Improvisation II sur Mallarmé – "Une dentelle s'abolit" Improvisation III...

therapy improvisation is defined as a process where the client and therapist relate to each other. The client makes up music, musical improvisation, while...

cycles) form the foundation of improvisation and composition in both Carnatic and Hindustani music. Although improvisation plays an important role, Carnatic...

are recognized as the first teachers of improvisation in modern times, with Johnstone exploring improvisation as an alternative to scripted theatre and...

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional...

scales associated with a chord. Musical improvisation can be done with or without preparation. Improvisation is a major part of some types of music, such...

Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns, pipe guns, or slam guns) are firearms manufactured other than by a firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith...

McGovern, improvised the off-screen dialogue for George Lucas's THX-1138, out of which emerged the name Wookiee due to McGovern's improvisation "I think...

science lectures by Mark Guzdial. Electroacoustic improvisation (EAI) is a form of free improvisation that was originally referred to as live electronics...

nursery rhymes, ballads and medieval Scandinavian skaldic verse. Poetical improvisation is a living tradition in many parts of the world. Regional traditions...

Improvision is a software developer based in Coventry, England. The company is the developer of Confocal, live cell imaging and image analysis software...

environment. Improvisations may also refer to: Improvisations (Ravi Shankar album), 1962 Improvisations (Stéphane Grappelli album), 1956 Improvisations (Ran Blake...

composer and conductor. He was known for pioneering his structural improvisation method, Conduction, which he utilized on many recordings. Morris was...

grow the popularity of contact improvisation. According to the International Encyclopedia of Dance, contact improvisation is “primarily a duet form (the...