Author: Gary Peters
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: improvisation, philosophy
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2009-05-01
List price: $38.00
ISBN-10: 0226662780
ISBN-13: 9780226662787

Improvisation is usually either lionized as an ecstatic experience of being in the moment or disparaged as the thoughtless recycling of clichés. Eschewing both of these orthodoxies, The Philosophy of Improvisation ranges across the arts—from music to theater, dance to comedy—and considers the improvised dimension of philosophy itself in order to elaborate an innovative concept of improvisation.             Gary Peters turns to many of the major thinkers within continental philosophy—including Heidegger, Nietzsche, Adorno, Kant, Benjamin, and Deleuze—offering readings of the

Author: Philip Bernardi
Publisher: Betterway Books
Keywords: starters, improvisation
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1992-04-15
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1558702334
ISBN-13: 9781558702332

Includes 900 situations for improvisation which use character conflict, contrasts, obstacles in solo improvisation, physical positions for one or two actors, props, the environment, and lines of dialogue.

Author: Tristan MacAvery
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Keywords: playbook, improvisation
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2006-03-09
List price: $19.48
ISBN-10: 1425913075
ISBN-13: 9781425913076

"...should prove invaluable to beginners, journeymen/women and seasoned pros."-René Auberjonois (Boston Legal, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Have you ever watched a show like Whose Line Is It Anyway, and wondered if you could do that? Trust me: You can. Everyone improvises. Yes, even you. Or did you wake up this morning, get a cup of coffee, open up your script, and read the scene where you sit at your computer, reading this description of the book? You make it up as you go along, from what you do during your day to everything that you say to other people. It may simply be that you, like many o

Author: Keith Johnstone
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: theatre, improvisation, impro
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 1987-01-07
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0878301178
ISBN-13: 9780878301171

Impro ought to be required reading not only for theatre people generally but also for teachers, educators, and students of all kinds and persuasions. Readers of this book are not going to agree with everything in it; but if they are not challenged by it, if they do not ultimately succumb to its wisdom and whimsicality, they are in a very sad state indeed . . . .Johnstone seeks to liberate the imagination, to cultivate in the adult the creative power of the child . . . .Deserves to be widely read and tested in the classroom and rehearsal hall . . .Full of excellent good sense, actual observatio

Authors:John Hodgson, Ernst Richard,
Publisher: Grove Press
Keywords: improvisation
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1994-01-21
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 0802130291
ISBN-13: 9780802130297

Improvisation examines how this vital element of the theater can be understood, harnessed, and developed, not only in theater, but in therapy and education as well. It illustrates the way in which improvised drama helps people draw upon their imaginative resources and extend their awareness of themselves and others.

Authors:John Hodgson, Ernest Richards,
Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
Keywords: improvisation
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1974-05-09
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0413313204
ISBN-13: 9780413313201

Improvisation examines how this vital element of the theater can be understood, harnessed, and developed, not only in theater, but in therapy and education as well. It illustrates the way in which improvised drama helps people draw upon their imaginative resources and extend their awareness of themselves and others.

Authors:Miguel Pina E. Cunha, Ken Kamoche,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: improvisation, organizational
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2001-12-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0415261767
ISBN-13: 9780415261760

The relatively new field of organizational improvisation is concerned with the pressures on organizations to react continually to today’s ever-changing environment. Organizational improvisation has important implications for such subjects as product innovation, teamworking and organizational renewal, and this new book brings together some of the best and most thought-provoking papers published in recent years. This area is now emerging as one of the most important in organizational science, and this book provides a comprehensive collection suitable for students, researchers and practitio