improvisation
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He even had Malkovich and Rockwell do some improvisation in an airplane scene where their characters bicker over seniority and kill count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Shifting between precision and improvisation, each rhythmic mark registers its own time signature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Ms. Loughridge, a professor of music at Northeastern University, has written extensively about the interaction of music and technology; Mr. Matteson, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, specializes in improvisation and sound technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
That’s still my favorite kind of recipe: one that knows exactly what it is while leaving plenty of room for improvisation.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Another component of the method concerns improvisation, which helps students sharpen their spontaneous reactions and physical responses to music.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Unlike the Grateful Dead or Phish, who are known for their rangy improvisations, one Styles concert is usually not that different from the next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He was also a master of structure, even during his more extended improvisations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
When DiCaprio cut loose with long improvisations, like when his character, a burnout revolutionary, argues on the phone with headquarters, the crew played it safe by capturing his takes with a conventional film camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
"We do all sorts of exercises to establish the family routines and the traditions. We do improvisations based on, 'What's Sunday dinner like?'"
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
She would whisper in her Uncle Marcos’s ear, and he in turn would transmit the message to the client, along with any improvisations of his own that he thought pertinent.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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