Author Description

Improvization Is A Performance Practice That Animates And Activates Diverse Energies Of Inspiration, Critique, And Invention. In Recent Years It Has Coalesced Into An Exciting And Innovative New Field Of Interdisciplinary Scholarly Inquiry, Becoming A Cornerstone Of Both Practical And Theoretical Approaches To Performance. This Title Draws Together The Works Of Key Artists And Thinkers From A Range Of Disciplines, Including Theatre, Music, Literature, Film, And Dance. Divided By Keywords Into Eight Sections, This Book Bridges The Gaps Between These Fields. Prologue: Spontaneous Acts / Rebecca Caines And Ajay Heble -- Part 1. Listening. Improvised Listening: Opening Statements: Listening To The Lambs / George Lipsitz -- On Listening / Jean-luc Nancy -- Improvisation / Jacques Lecoq -- Going Fragile / Mattin -- Music, Language, And Cultural Styles: Improvisation As Conversation / Ingrid Monson -- Deep Listening Meditations: Egypt (1999) / Pauline Oliveros -- Really Listening: Original Art, 30 X 44, Made Live @ World Percussion Summit September 3, 2013 / Jeff Schlanger, Musicwitness® -- Part 2. Trust/risk. Improvised Trust: Opening Statements / Ellen Waterman -- Improvisation / Constantin Stanislavski -- Afterthoughts / Keith Johnstone -- Thoughts On Improvisation: A Comparative Approach / Bruno Nettl -- Theatre Of The Oppressed / Augusto Boal -- Group Creativity: Musical Performance And Collaboration / Keith Sawyer -- Community Performance: Improvising Being-together / Petra Kuppers -- Paradise Now: Notes / Judith Malina And Julian Beck -- Chicanas' Experience In Collective Theatre: Ideology And Form / Yvonne Yarbro-bejarano -- Spontaneous Combustion: Notes On Dance Improvisation From The Sixties To The Nineties / Sally Banes -- Luminous Axis - Blade-form Panel (graphic Score) / Wadada Leo Smith -- Part 3. Flow. Improvised Flow: Opening Statements / Susan Leigh Foster -- A Theoretical Model For Enjoyment / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Keynote Presentation (guelph) 2007