Improvisation
noun
The act of making up something without preparation.
Her speech at the conference was not prepared, it was pure improvisation.
Often appears as...
- pure improvisation
- creative improvisation
noun
A piece of music, drama, etc. that is created without previous preparation.
The jazz musician performed an improvisation on the stage.
Often appears as...
- musical improvisation
- dramatic improvisation
noun
The skill of being able to make up something such as a speech or a piece of music without preparation.
Comedy shows often rely on improvisation.
Often appears as...
- comedy improvisation
- skill of improvisation
noun
The act of making up something without preparation.
Her speech at the conference was not prepared, it was pure improvisation.
Often appears as...
- pure improvisation
- creative improvisation
noun
A piece of music, drama, etc. that is created without previous preparation.
The jazz musician performed an improvisation on the stage.
Often appears as...
- musical improvisation
- dramatic improvisation
noun
The skill of being able to make up something such as a speech or a piece of music without preparation.
Comedy shows often rely on improvisation.
Often appears as...
- comedy improvisation
- skill of improvisation
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictable Moments
Used when something unexpected occurs, requiring an immediate and unplanned response.
When the lights went out, the host's improvisation kept the event going.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Comedy
Though often associated with humor, improvisation applies to any impromptu situation.
The quick improvisation of a makeshift shelter helped during the hike.
Pro Tip 3/3No Written Guide
Implies creating or responding without any set script or guidelines.
The interview’s unexpected questions required immediate improvisation from her.
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictable Moments
Used when something unexpected occurs, requiring an immediate and unplanned response.
When the lights went out, the host's improvisation kept the event going.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Comedy
Though often associated with humor, improvisation applies to any impromptu situation.
The quick improvisation of a makeshift shelter helped during the hike.
Pro Tip 3/3No Written Guide
Implies creating or responding without any set script or guidelines.
The interview’s unexpected questions required immediate improvisation from her.
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictable Moments
Used when something unexpected occurs, requiring an immediate and unplanned response.
When the lights went out, the host's improvisation kept the event going.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Comedy
Though often associated with humor, improvisation applies to any impromptu situation.
The quick improvisation of a makeshift shelter helped during the hike.
Pro Tip 3/3No Written Guide
Implies creating or responding without any set script or guidelines.
The interview’s unexpected questions required immediate improvisation from her.
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Video examples
Charles Hazlewood:...
I'm going to show you a clip now of the very first improvisation session that we had. It was a really extraordinary moment. Just me and four astonishingly gifted disabled musicians. Normally when you improvise -- and I do it all the time around the world -- there's this initial period of horror, like everyone's too frightened to throw the hat into the ring,
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Uri Alon: Why truly...
Improvisation theater, just like science, goes into the unknown, because you have to make a scene onstage without a director, without a script, without having any idea what you'll portray or what the other characters will do. But unlike science, in improvisation theater, they tell you from day one
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Stunning buildings made...
We need to control just those aspects that are critical, like the structural, the thermal, the acoustical properties embedded in the form. But otherwise, improvisation is welcome and is provoked. And the moment of construction is still a moment of design and a moment of celebration
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The nightmare videos of...
like a desperate improvisation artist responding to the combined screams of a million toddlers at once. There are real people trapped within these systems, and that's the other deeply strange thing about this algorithmically driven culture, because even if you're human,
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Our loss of wisdom -...
learn from our improvisation and moral will is on mind by an incessant appeal to incentives that destroy our desire to do the right thing and without intending it by appealing to rules and incentives we are engaging in a war on wisdom let me
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Music as a refuge PIPE...
where are the reference points it was a journey that took me through jazz improvisation seaman variation and eventually to composition it also brought me into collaborations with many musicians from all around the world as I
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The Music of Physics PIPE...
will always think of jazz when I encounter it I can give you one cool example and it has to do with improvisation so what an improviser has to do is spontaneously create something cool while the music is going on while
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Liz Coleman's call to...
to maximum effect. Design, the art of organizing the world of things. Mediation and improvisation also assume a special place in this new pantheon. Quantitative reasoning attains its proper position
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Barry Schwartz: Using...
And the family was united. And it seemed on the road to some sort of a decent life -- a happy ending to a story involving wise improvisation from a wise judge.
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After-Dark Conger Eel...
is one of the most impressive creatures improvisations and for that reason come girls I'm definitely on the fifty sixty you magnificent
Video examples
Charles Hazlewood:...
I'm going to show you a clip now of the very first improvisation session that we had. It was a really extraordinary moment. Just me and four astonishingly gifted disabled musicians. Normally when you improvise -- and I do it all the time around the world -- there's this initial period of horror, like everyone's too frightened to throw the hat into the ring,
Video examples
Uri Alon: Why truly...
Improvisation theater, just like science, goes into the unknown, because you have to make a scene onstage without a director, without a script, without having any idea what you'll portray or what the other characters will do. But unlike science, in improvisation theater, they tell you from day one
Video examples
Stunning buildings made...
We need to control just those aspects that are critical, like the structural, the thermal, the acoustical properties embedded in the form. But otherwise, improvisation is welcome and is provoked. And the moment of construction is still a moment of design and a moment of celebration
Video examples
The nightmare videos of...
like a desperate improvisation artist responding to the combined screams of a million toddlers at once. There are real people trapped within these systems, and that's the other deeply strange thing about this algorithmically driven culture, because even if you're human,
Video examples
Our loss of wisdom -...
learn from our improvisation and moral will is on mind by an incessant appeal to incentives that destroy our desire to do the right thing and without intending it by appealing to rules and incentives we are engaging in a war on wisdom let me
Video examples
Music as a refuge PIPE...
where are the reference points it was a journey that took me through jazz improvisation seaman variation and eventually to composition it also brought me into collaborations with many musicians from all around the world as I
Video examples
The Music of Physics PIPE...
will always think of jazz when I encounter it I can give you one cool example and it has to do with improvisation so what an improviser has to do is spontaneously create something cool while the music is going on while
Video examples
Liz Coleman's call to...
to maximum effect. Design, the art of organizing the world of things. Mediation and improvisation also assume a special place in this new pantheon. Quantitative reasoning attains its proper position
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Using...
And the family was united. And it seemed on the road to some sort of a decent life -- a happy ending to a story involving wise improvisation from a wise judge.
Video examples
After-Dark Conger Eel...
is one of the most impressive creatures improvisations and for that reason come girls I'm definitely on the fifty sixty you magnificent
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Pete Carroll
American Coach
Dancers work and they work and they work, and they master their skills so far that improvisation just comes flowing out of them. Their natural expression of the best they can possibly be comes out of them because there is no boundary to hold them back... That's the mentality that I'm trying to create, recreate and hold on to forever.
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Harvey Pekar
American Writer
The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and things like that; I seem to be able to do that pretty well. I suppose in that respect there's some improvisation, although I work over the stuff after I've got it down on paper.
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Paddy Considine
English Actor
Since being diagnosed with Asperger's, I'd been working with an acting coach who has now become a good friend. We'd been trying lots of improvisational techniques to help me with some of the problems I experience. But it's a very slow process.
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Ronaldinho
Brazilian Athlete
My game is based on improvisation. Often, a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.
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John Cale
Welsh Musician
Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
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Guy Ritchie
British Director
I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.
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Kyle Massey
American Actor
Working with animals forces an actor to work harder because you have to be quick when it comes to improvisation, and you can't break character - at all.
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Harvey Keitel
American Actor
To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation.
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Ana de Armas
Cuban Actress
My life and career have been a big improvisation.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
My whole life has been one big improvisation.
Quote examples
Pete Carroll
American Coach
Dancers work and they work and they work, and they master their skills so far that improvisation just comes flowing out of them. Their natural expression of the best they can possibly be comes out of them because there is no boundary to hold them back... That's the mentality that I'm trying to create, recreate and hold on to forever.
Quote examples
Harvey Pekar
American Writer
The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and things like that; I seem to be able to do that pretty well. I suppose in that respect there's some improvisation, although I work over the stuff after I've got it down on paper.
Quote examples
Paddy Considine
English Actor
Since being diagnosed with Asperger's, I'd been working with an acting coach who has now become a good friend. We'd been trying lots of improvisational techniques to help me with some of the problems I experience. But it's a very slow process.
Quote examples
Ronaldinho
Brazilian Athlete
My game is based on improvisation. Often, a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.
Quote examples
John Cale
Welsh Musician
Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
Quote examples
Guy Ritchie
British Director
I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.
Quote examples
Kyle Massey
American Actor
Working with animals forces an actor to work harder because you have to be quick when it comes to improvisation, and you can't break character - at all.
Quote examples
Harvey Keitel
American Actor
To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation.
Quote examples
Ana de Armas
Cuban Actress
My life and career have been a big improvisation.
Quote examples
Clint Eastwood
American Actor
My whole life has been one big improvisation.
Example 1 of 10
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