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-{{Template}}+{{Template}}'''Improvisation''' is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment. This can result in the [[invention]] of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act. This ''invention cycle'' occurs most effectively when the practitioner has a thorough ''[[intuitive]]'' or ''technical'' understanding of the necessary skills and concerns within the improvised domain.
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 +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, [[music]], [[cooking]], presenting a [[speech (public address)|speech]], [[sales]], personal or romantic relationships, [[sports]], [[flower arranging]], [[martial arts]], [[psychotherapy]], [[the arts]], and much more.
 +== See also ==
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 +* [[Commedia dell'arte]]
 +* [[Improvisational theatre]]
 +* [[Musical improvisation]]
 +* [[Impro Books]]
 +* [[Facilitation]]
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Improvisation is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act. This invention cycle occurs most effectively when the practitioner has a thorough intuitive or technical understanding of the necessary skills and concerns within the improvised domain.

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, music, cooking, presenting a speech, sales, personal or romantic relationships, sports, flower arranging, martial arts, psychotherapy, the arts, and much more.

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