Improvisation

Improvisation means something without preparation, represent or make off the cuff. In common parlance is meant by improvisation and spontaneous practical use of creativity to solve emerging problems.

Word origin

Improvise The verb was borrowed in the 18th century from the Italian improvviso that is, unexpectedly emerged to improvviso within the meaning of unforeseen. It is based on the Italian word in the Latin - per - visus as a negation of form and pro- Latin videre than foreseen. This used are the German words vision and commission.

Improvisation in Entertainment

The ability to improvise is an important prerequisite for work as entertainers or as a television presenter, as a performance comes to life only when you can respond to the situation. A known quantity in this area was about Hans -Joachim Kulenkampff, who succeeded his television shows to cover partially and hours, without boring his audience.

The Mülheim jazz musician Helge Schneider was known by stage shows, in which he recites improvised stories and songs. Free association and improvisation is the most important element of his work.

Improvisation in music

Improvisation in dance

Under the influence of improvisation in music, for example, by John Cage, in the early 1970s, the dance form Contact Improvisation emerged. In contact improvisation dance without solid forms and without predictable movements. Therefore, the physical reflexes play a special role. Contact Improvisation events (as opposed to eg rates) than Jam, derived from jam sessions called.

Improvisation in the Theatre

In actor training, improvisation is a fundamental part. And it is widely used in a production to be able to approach a piece in their early stages can. In addition, there have been also repeatedly theater forms that bring the improvisation before the public. Historically, this is especially the impromptu comedy and commedia dell'arte. Since the second third of the 20th century, the improvisational theater is experiencing a renaissance and is enjoying increasing popularity. Associated with this is a development that is no longer viewed in improvisation as a substitute for the lack of high-order text: improvisational theater developed into an independent form that can produce expression and content, as it can not do the author Theater.

Improvisation in Organisation

In the organization of the business administration using the concept of improvisation in the context of case by case, unplanned regulations. Especially in the context of the learning organization, there are now but also approaches towards improvising organization or to make selective use of improvisation in management. Of these, particular mention ( management and organization ) the work of Karl E. Weick (Management), Kathleen M. Eisenhardt (organization) and Patricia Shaw. The improvising organization is at its core a particular form of self-organization dar. It also comes on a flexible approach to risk analysis methods, such as. Well as on spontaneous reorganization possibilities of organizational structures and highly personalized IT systems

In the center of each management approach and each organization theory is always the question of the structuring of communication processes. Improvisation considered here, developed by Keith Johnstone perspective on status - for the organization of this observation, it was, inter alia, made by Lehner and Ötsch. But storytelling (method) is an important element to develop the ability to improvise an organization ( see also Patricia Shaw).