improvisation

4 definitions • 3 examples

a performance that an actor, musician, etc. has not practised or planned:

a blues/jazz improvisation

There are classes in movement, dance, and improvisation.

the act of making or doing something with whatever is available at the time:

I'm afraid we don't have all the necessary equipment, so a little improvisation might be required.

a performance that is not practiced and that is invented by the performers

Improvisation is also the activity of making or doing something that you have not planned, using whatever you find.