as in impromptu
something that is performed, made, or done without preparation
that comedy skit was a totally unrehearsed improvisation
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Recent Examples of improvisation
Corporate improv is an offshoot of applied improvisation, a field that explores the benefits of improv outside the theater.
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Sam Sanders, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
With his meditator’s aversion to preconceptions, Lynch embraced collaborative improvisation.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
The reunion is some 20 years in the making, but Leigh’s filmmaking process is unorthodox and lengthy, requiring an intense amount of character work with the actors, in which the script is developed through improvisation and rehearsal.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Laporta’s undoubted genius for improvisation suggests a temporary solution might be found, even at this late date, allowing one or both of them to play for the club at least until the season ends in late May, and pushing the problem further into the future.
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Sam Sanders, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
With his meditator’s aversion to preconceptions, Lynch embraced collaborative improvisation.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
The reunion is some 20 years in the making, but Leigh’s filmmaking process is unorthodox and lengthy, requiring an intense amount of character work with the actors, in which the script is developed through improvisation and rehearsal.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Laporta’s undoubted genius for improvisation suggests a temporary solution might be found, even at this late date, allowing one or both of them to play for the club at least until the season ends in late May, and pushing the problem further into the future.
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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