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  2. Improvisational theatre - Wikipedia

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    Swedish actors performing in theatresports, a competitive form of improv. 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.

  3. Improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Improvisation in engineering is to solve a problem with the tools and materials immediately at hand. [17] Examples of such improvisation was the re-engineering of carbon dioxide scrubbers with the materials on hand during the Apollo 13 space mission, [ 18 ] or the use of a knife in place of a screwdriver to turn a screw.

  4. Improv - Wikipedia

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    Improvisation, an act of spontaneous invention Improvisational theatre (includes improvisational comedy) Musical improvisation; The Improv, a chain of U.S. comedy clubs; The Improv (India), a comedy show in Bangalore; Lotus Improv, a spreadsheet program

  5. Classical acting - Wikipedia

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    Classical acting is a traditional type of acting which is centered around the external behavior of the performer. Classical acting differs from newer styles of acting, as it is developed around the ideas of the actor themselves which includes their expression of the body, voice, imagination, personalizing, improvisation, external stimuli, and script analysis.

  6. Playback Theatre - Wikipedia

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    In a Playback event, someone in the audience tells a moment or story from their life, chooses the actors to play the different roles, and then all those present watch the enactment, as the story "comes to life" with artistic shape and nuance. Actors draw on non-naturalistic styles to convey meaning, such as metaphor or song.

  7. Devised theatre - Wikipedia

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    Devising methods vary: collaborating groups tend to develop distinct methodologies based upon the backgrounds and talents of their members. Work creation may, for instance, begin with an image, a plot, a theme, a character, historical documents, an entire novel or a single line as a point of departure; a devised work may be text based or entirely physical; it maybe politically engaged, purely ...

  8. List of improvisational theatre companies - Wikipedia

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    An improvisational comedy group performing onstage. Improvisational theatre companies, also known as improv troupes or improv groups, are the primary practitioners of improvisational theater.

  9. Musical improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians. [1]