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Improvisation

Improvisation, often shortened to improv, is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found.[1] The origin of the word itself is in the Latin "improvisus", which literally means un-foreseen – but it is also related to both the old French word "emprouer" and the English "improve", to improve.[2] Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply to many different faculties across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines; see Applied improvisation.

"Improvisations" redirects here. For other uses, see Improvisations (disambiguation).

Abbot, John. 2009. Improvisation in Rehearsal. . ISBN 978-1-85459-523-2.

Nick Hern Books

Abbot, John. 2007. The Improvisation Book. . ISBN 978-1-85459-961-2.

Nick Hern Books

Harrigan, Pat. 2002. First Person: New Media as Story, Performance and Game. . ISBN 978-0-262-23232-6.

MIT Press

Johnston, Chris. 2006. The Improvisation Game: Discovering the Secrets of Spontaneous Performance. . ISBN 978-1-85459-668-0.

Nick Hern Books

Madson, Patricia Ryan. 2005. Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up. Bell Tower.  978-1-4000-8188-2.

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