Characteristics of Groups Capable of Improvisation

Willingness to forego planning and rehearsing in favor of acting in real time

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Well developed understanding of internal resources and the materials that are at hand

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Proficient without blueprints and diagnosis

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Able to identify or agree on minimal structures for embellishing

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Open to reassembly of and departures from routines

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Rich and meaningful set of themes, fragments, or phrases on which to draw for ongoing lines of action

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Predisposed to recognize partial relevance of previous experience to present novelty

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High confidence in skill to deal with nonroutine events

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Presence of associates similarly committed to and competent at impromptu making

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Skillful at paying attention to performance of others and building on it in order to keep the interaction going and to set up interesting possibilities for one another.

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