Musical improvisation

Movement and Improvisation requires one to articulate his or her thoughts so that anything, no matter whether it's an emotion, an object, a situation, an action, a reaction, or any other thing that comes to mind, can be expressed as a movement, no matter how weird or wonderful the movement turns out to be. When I was first introduced to Movement and Improvisation when I entered SOTA, I felt very self consious as I did not know if I was doing it "right", or if others were judging me. However, I slowly

There are five simple rules to improv, follow these rules and more than just the art changes, your life changes. Improvisational comedy has been around far longer than most people suspect, it can be traced back to the days of Commedia Dell’Arte. This style of theatre was popular throughout Europe for almost 200 years starting in the mid-1500s. Performers would travel building makeshift stages and create dialog and plot lines on the spot. Later, Keith Johnstone and Viola Spolin would re-invent

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. Improvisational theatre exists in performance as a range of styles of improvisational comedy as well as some non-comedic theatrical performances. It is sometimes used

Description This ensemble is comprised of an auditioned group of 7th and 8th graders who have had at least one complete year of musical instruction. In this ensemble, the students will be exposed to different styles of the American musical art form of jazz which would include but not be limited to: swing, bebop, ballads, Latin/Afro-Cuban, and Commercial (Rock). The big band will rehearse and perform pieces and arrangements of the preceding styles as well as work on introductory jazz improvisatory

Improvisation In My Artistic Life This semester, English 1 has taught me what improvisation is. Improvisation is the determination of improvising actions and improvised artistic practices like music and drama are being created without ready-made process. Through reading several articles and in-class practices with Hip-Hop artists and a guest dancer, I have understood this concept deeply. I was also inspired by what I learned and I used this concept in my own art practice such as my hip-hop dancing

Improvisation is made inevitable in a situation where problems must be dealt with expediently and on the spur of the moment. Taking into consideration the conflict between the Arabs and the Israelis, improvisation is essential to running administrations. The formal theory such of Max Weber cannot apply since its framework of rules and procedures are to ensure

It is difficult to choose a single book or author that has influenced me. Miroslav Volf helped me to understand grace and forgiveness in a new way that has impacted my ministry (Volf, 2005). Eugene Peterson showed me that ministry looks different for every person and in every context (Peterson, 1992). Donald Miller reminded me of how Christianity looks from the outside (Miller, 2004). And Fernando Arzola Jr. gave me an entirely new paradigm for youth ministry (Arzola, 2008). But the book that most

Subject: Music Title: Cornerstone 3 - Day 1 Grade: 3 Standards MU:Cr1.1.3b Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or meter. MU:Cr2.1.3a Demonstrate selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition to express intent, and describe connection to a specific purpose and context. Essential Question How can we use music to tell a story? How do lyrics and melody come together to show expressive intent? Rationale Students will gain an understanding

focus on analysing how my duo used improvisation and collaboration to create our piece effectively and how professional practitioners use these creative devices. To determine which everyday activity, we would make extraordinary in our performance. Kat and I listed several of them which we thought had potential to be exploited for our

This is my first piece, and I thank Anand Thaker for the idea and encouragement. In February 2014, I did something I hadn’t done before. I didn’t know what to expect, and I couldn’t guess the future impact it would have…I went to an improv show. At the time, attending a show seemed insignificant. Not knowing what to expect, I saw how hilarious and entertaining improv shows can be, and I learned that scenes were the result of audience suggestions. I was amazed seeing characters coming to life unscripted