Improv

Improv began, and continues today, as an organizational technology capable of managing actors on stage and enabling them to produce interesting and entertaining narratives without relying on a script (Fulleylove, 1984). Throughout its history in the arts, improv has been highly valued for its ability to enable performers to respond immediately and inventively to each other and their environment. All improv activities are literally saturated with the spirit of spontaneity that is so essential for any act of creation. A definition of improve in the Oxford English Dictionary is "to invent and…