In this episode of Fast Company’s podcast ‘Creative Conversation,’ we analyze what happens in your brain when you improvise and how you’re better at it than you think. It’s no surprise that ...

Are you a problem solver who can improvise when faced with an unexpected challenge? If not, I suggest you learn how to improvise. When you are able to come up with original and sometimes ...

Most actors know that to have a chance at a professional career they need to study acting and audition techniques. But, I strongly believe based on all the professional work I booked as an actress and ...

Every art form has its own kind of improvisation. In music, it’s perhaps most recognizable in hip-hop. When it comes to dance...when was the last time you busted out well-rehearsed choreography at a ...

Find out about improvisation and different styles of music. Learn about how Snarky Puppy, Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis use improvisation in their music. Have a go at improvising your own piece of ...

Imagine getting on stage without a script. You’re standing in front of an audience and your job is to just start making stuff up, creating an entertaining scene out of thin air. Most people wouldn’t ...

The successful development of improvisational skills is premised on the building and nurturing of social structures through frequent interaction, something that the recent pandemic has disrupted. When ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

In Derek Bailey's words, improv is "playing without memory." In Britain, in the mid-60s, free improvisation (often just called "improv") developed out of free jazz, eventually becoming a separate and ...

Given what Mozart initially improvised in his head and what he later wrote out are one and the same, the listener will derive equal satisfaction listening to Mozart spontaneously invent at the piano, ...