improvisation

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Launched in fall 2015 by the university’s School of Dramatic Arts, the comedy performance minor also includes classes in improvisation and magic, among other subjects.

From Los Angeles Times

I had these fragments and ideas of chord movements, improvisations, and some voicings that we hadn’t used before — slightly spiky, fourths and sixths rather than thirds and fifths.

From New York Times

In the theatrical art style, the groups explore four emotions through improvisation and stock characters: happiness, sadness, fear and anger.

From Los Angeles Times

As a model they also looked to Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli’s classical-meets-jazz collaborations, Feinstein said, in which Menuhin’s parts were precisely notated while Grappelli’s left room for improvisation.

From New York Times

A lot of what I do onstage is still improvisation, but with clear anchors and parameters.

From New York Times