Improvisation in

Different Artform
Improvisation in
Different Artform
• Improvisation.
• Improvisation techniques
• Types of improvisational
• Contact body improvisation
• Sound improvisation
• Theater improvisation
• Solving improvisational challenges
• Brief history of theater
 • Improvisation is the activity of making
or doing something not planned
beforehand, using whatever can be
Improvisation found.[1] 
• Improvisation in the performing arts is a
very spontaneous performance without
specific or scripted preparation.
Improvisation - Wikipedia
 • The skills of improvisation can apply to many different abilities or
forms of communication and expression across all artistic,
scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic
disciplines. For example, improvisation can make a significant
contribution in music, dance, cooking, presenting a speech, sales,
personal or romantic relationships, sports, flower arranging,
martial arts, psychotherapy, and much more.
• Techniques of improvisation are widely used in training for
performing arts or entertainment; for example, music, theatre and

Improvisation
dance. To "extemporize" or "ad lib" is basically the same as
improvising. Colloquial terms such as "let's play it by the ear",
"take it as it comes", and "make it up as we go along" are all used
to describe "improvisation".

techniques • The simple act of speaking requires a good deal of improvisation

because the mind is addressing its own thought and creating its
unrehearsed delivery in words, sounds and gestures, forming
unpredictable statements that further feed the thought process
(the performer as the listener), creating an enriched process that
is not unlike instantaneous composition [with a given set or
repertoire of elements].[13]
Types of
improvisational theatre
• Improvisational theatre, often
called improvisation or improv, is
the form of theatre, often comedy, in
which most or all of what is
performed is unplanned or
unscripted: created spontaneously
by the performers. In its purest form,
the dialogue, action, story, and
characters are created
collaboratively by the players as the
improvisation unfolds in present time,
without use of an already prepared,
written script.
 • Fundamentals of Contact Improvisation
Contact Improvisation (CI) is a dance
technique in which points of physical
Contact Body contact provide the starting point for
movement improvisation and

Improvisation exploration. Contact Improvisation is a

form of dance improvisation and is one
of the best-known and most
characteristic forms of postmodern
dance.
Sound Improvisation
• Improvisation is often done within (or based on)
a pre-existing harmonic framework or chord
progression. Improvisation is a major part of some
types of 20th-century music, such as blues, rock
music, jazz, and jazz fusion, in which instrumental
performers improvise solos, melody lines and
accompaniment parts.
Theatre improvisation
• Improvisation, in theatre, the playing of dramatic
scenes without written dialogue and with minimal or
no predetermined dramatic activity. The method has
been used for different purposes in theatrical history.
 • Real life scenarios such as
problem solving and decision
making are unscripted and
involve working with what you
Solving have in the moment. As such,
training in an improvisational
improvisational art form is thought to
challenges stimulate creative problem
solving.
• One of the most popular forms of
entertainment for people is a visit to the
theater. For centuries people have enjoyed
drama, comedy, music, and other forms of
entertainment. In fact, the history of theater
Brief History
can be traced back to 6th Century B.C.
where the Ancient Greeks were the first to of Theatre
present dramatic presentations.
 • Overview of the History of Theat
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JHON DE LOS SANTOS
CATHERINE R. REGALARIO
KASSANDRA LEBUNA
SHAIRA GLIMPSE SENORA
ABBIE REPUBLICA
JULIANA MARIE SALVO