First Published in 1997. The authors' purpose in this book is to dissect developments in improvisation in the arts since 1945, with a particular emphasis on process and technique. The approach is analytical and theoretical but is also relevant to practitioners and their audience. Their key argument is that improvisation has been of great importance and value in the contemporary arts, particularly because of its potential to develop new forms (often by breaking definitions).
SECTION I. THE NATURE OF IMPROVISATION 1. introduction 2. Improv(is)ing the Definitions SECTION II. ELEMENTS OF IMPROVISATION 3. Environments for Improvisation 4. Improvisation in Monomedia.5. Improvisation in Monomedia. SECTION III. COMBINING MEDIA IN IMPROVISATION 6. Improvisation in Bimedia.;7. Improvisation in Bimedia. 8. Improvisation in Polymedia Some other applied improvisors in theatre 9. Improvisation and Postmodernism in Architecture 10. Computers and Improvisation
