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Techniques of improvisation are widely trained in the entertainment arts, for example, music, theatre and dance. Other Terms: Improv is often used as the noun form of "improvisation." ("Improv" is not currently found in many dictionaries or spell checkers.)
Musical improvisationImprovisation is an important aspect of Music in general. Musical improvisors often understand the idiom of one or more musical styles - e.g. blues, rock, folk, jazz - and work within the idiom to express ideas with creativity and originality. Improvisation can take place as a solo performance, or interdependently in ensemble with other players. When done well, it often elicits gratifying emotional responses from the audience. Very few musicians have ever dared to offer fully improvised concerts such as the famous improvised piano recitals by composer/pianist Franz Liszt. However, some have managed some very successful attempts in this tradition and genre such as a few exceptional improvised solo piano concerts in Stuttgart, Southern Germany in the 1990s. Singing ImprovisationSinging Improv is an ancient art form. Singing Improvisation is a mixture of Musical improvisation and Improvisational theater. A singer makes up the words and melody to a song at the same time the musicians are making up the music to the song. Additionally, aspects of Dance, Comedy and Showmanship are all part of the singing improvisers repertoire. In the Wales of centuries ago, there was an annual competition for poets and musicians—a sort of Olympics or Super Bowl for the Welsh culture—that featured improvised singing. It was sung in the style of music called a penillion, which is defined as “Welsh songs, often improvised, and sung to a harp accompaniment.” John Parry, a distinguished harp player (1709-1782), describes this art: “(...) The singer is obliged to follow the harper, who may change the tune, or perform variations, ad libitum, whilst the vocalist must keep time, and end precisely with the strain…” See article: Eisteddfod Beginning in the late 1800s, thousands of years of folk singing and popular music were changed forever: This happened because of the printing of popular music and the impact of the record player. Prior to the record player, popular music, "music of the people," was largely improvised. It was extremely common for people who sang songs to change the lyrics whenever they sang them. They would change parts of the song to adapt it to whatever was going on at the moment or to play to the next audience they faced. Since people mostly learned songs by hearing them and remembering them, the “improvising” of lyrics and melody was quite common amongst the populace. TheaterDanceDance Improvisation as a Choreographic Tool: Improvisation is used as a choreographic tool in dance composition. Experimenting with the concepts of shape, space, time and energy while moving without inhibition or cognitive thinking can create unique and innovative movement designs, spatial configuration, dynamics, and unpredictable rhythms. 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 30 years ago that is now practiced around the world. Contact improvisation originated from the movement studies of Steve Paxton in the 1970s and developed through the continued exploration of the Judson Dance Theater. It is a dance form based on sharing weight, partnering, playing with weight and unpredictable outcomes. FilmThe director Mike Leigh uses lengthy improvisations developed over a period of weeks to build characters and storylines for his films. He starts with some sketch ideas of how he thinks things might develop but does not reveal all his intentions with the cast who discover their fate and act out their responses as their destinies are gradually revealed, including significant aspects of their lives which will not subsequently be shown onscreen. The final filming draws on dialogue and actions that have been recorded during the improvisation period. ComedySee main article - Improvisational theatre Improvisational comedy is a common art performed throughout the world and throughout history. Some of the more famous North American comic improv groups are the Upright Citizens Brigade out of New York City, the Groundlings out of Los Angeles, The Second City out of Chicago, and Theatresports out of Calgary, Canada. Extemporizing on the methods of pioneers such as Viola Spolin, Paul Sills, Del Close, and Keith Johnstone. PoetryTraditional epic poetry included improvisation moments where the reciter flattered the audience (specially the authorities) or to substitute a forgotten passage. There are also societies that value improvised poetry as a genre, often as a debate or "poetic joust", where improvisators compete for public approval. Some of those impromptu poems are later recorded in paper or transmitted orally Some forms of improvised poetry:
Usually wit is as valued as conformity to poetical form. Some of these forms also include humour. TelevisionIn the 1990s, a TV show called Whose Line Is It Anyway? popularized shortform comedic improvisation. The original version was British, but it was later revived and popularized in the United States with Drew Carey as a host. More recently, television shows such as HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (starring Seinfeld co-creator Larry David) and Bravo series Significant Others have used improvisation to create longer-form programs with more dramatic flavor. Another improvisation based show is i's "World Cup Comedy." In Canada, the Global Television soap opera Train 48, based on the Australian series Going Home, uses a form of structured improvisation, in which actors improvise dialog from written plot outlines. Even more recently, Australia's Thank God You're Here is a gameshow where celebrities are put into scenes they know nothing about and have to improvise. Role-playing gamesRole-playing games often involve a casual form of improvisational acting; A player's character may be pre-defined, with game statistics and a history, but the character's response to game events and to other players is improvised. Some players are more interested in the depth of the "acting" than others, while others enjoy elaborate plots, emotional investment in characters, and intense or witty repartee. Some earlier role-playing games emphasise combat and game mechanics over role-playing; however, modern storytelling games are often more plot-driven, and Live action role-playing games are often more acting-focused. See also
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