Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration; critique; and invention. In recent years it has coalesced into an exciting and innovative new field of interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry; becoming a cornerstone of both practical and theoretical approaches to performance.The Improvisation Studies Reader draws together the works of key artists and thinkers from a range of disciplines; including theatre; music; literature; film; and dance. Divided by keywords into eight sections; this book bridges the gaps between these fields. The book includes case studies; exercises; graphic scores and poems in order to produce a teaching and research resource that identifies central themes in improvisation studies. The sections include: ListeningTrust/RiskFlowDissonanceResponsibilityLivenessSurpriseHopeEach section of the Reader is introduced by a newly commissioned think piece by a key figure in the field; which opens up research questions reflecting on the keyword in question. By placing key theoretical and classic texts in conversation with cutting-edge research and artistsrsquo; statements; this book answers the urgent questions facing improvising artists and theorists in the mediatized Twenty-First Century.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Washington; D.C. as a place of spiritual pilgrimage...By Sherry AustinWho would have thought of Washington; D.C. as a spiritual destination? You will think so after reading this rich; soulful guidebook to the capitals architectural idiosyncrasies. This author; whom I find more inspiring and much more readable than mythologist Joseph Campbell; escorts the reader on a journey to the mythic center of what Lincoln called "the last great hope of mankind." What better time in our history to visit and revisit it as sacred space. In the words of the author; "to visit Washington is to experience the retelling of a story of mythic proportions." The conclusions Meyer draws from his epiphany; described in the chapter entitled "Reflections;" are alone worth the price of the book.
