Bringing the technique into the classroom can expand conversations and provide students a layer of safety in responding, educators say.

Traditional Iranian music is not based on musical scores. Instead, traditional melody types are passed down orally. In his new book “Traditional Iranian music — Orality, physicality and improvisation, ...

What we hear as improvisation may be a convergence of three forces: culture, training, and context. Improvisation is widely regarded as an inherent characteristic of jazz, with the exception of a few ...

Research shows that improvisation and creativity are good for the brain. In an episode of the Greater Good Science Center’s “Science of Happiness” podcast, host Shuka Kalantari talked to Karen Barrett ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Explore the neuroscience behind improvisation—and what it reveals about our natural capacity for creativity. Summary: Creativity may be more natural ...

According to a parenting expert and improv coach, here's how to incorporate improv into your routine to create deeper connections with your children.

Cross posted on the MasonARC Website. Improvisation (“Improv”) theatre has been made famous by Saturday Night Live, books by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Whose Line is it Anyway, and many others. Improv ...

Theatrical improvisation is being applied more and more to other fields. There are corporate trainings, improv therapy, and workshops to help medical professionals improve their bedside manner. But ...

Johnson, chair of Emory University Family and Preventive Medicine, is the program co-director of the Emory University Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program. My cousin and I were signing my aunt out ...

Improv is a form of theatre in which the plot, characters, and dialogue of a show are made up on the spot. Usually this involves taking suggestions of words or phrases from audience members, but there ...