Recent findings in neuroscience provide new evidence that musical creativity is not a static trait but a dynamic process ...

Are you a problem solver who can improvise when faced with an unexpected challenge? If not, I suggest you learn how to improvise. When you are able to come up with original and sometimes ...

Where you are when you don’t know where you are is one of the most precious spots offered by improvisation. It is a place from which more directions are possible than anywhere else. Nancy Stark Smith, ...

Every art form has its own kind of improvisation. In music, it’s perhaps most recognizable in hip-hop. When it comes to dance...when was the last time you busted out well-rehearsed choreography at a ...

Find out about improvisation and different styles of music. Learn about how Snarky Puppy, Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis use improvisation in their music. Have a go at improvising your own piece of ...

Leslie Parker: “I think of Black Dance Improvisation as a way of approaching a dance aesthetic that gives more space for the relevance of Black and brown bodies and the histories that they bring into ...

Imagine getting on stage without a script. You’re standing in front of an audience and your job is to just start making stuff up, creating an entertaining scene out of thin air. Most people wouldn’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a culture maven and arts enthusiast. I can’t tell you. No one really can. But I do have a theory. Maybe not “The” reason, but ...