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{{Short description|Process of devising a solution to a requirement in an ad hoc fashion}} {{Redirect|Improvisations}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{original research|date=April 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2010}} <!-- THE INTRODUCTION SHOULD BE CONCISE, AND DOESN'T NEED TO LIST EXAMPLES. IMPROVISATION IS SO WIDELY APPLICABLE THAT ANYTHING COULD BE INCLUDED SO AVOID TEMPTATION TO BE SPECIFIC OR TO PHILOSOPHIZE WHEN THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE ARTICLE WHERE ONE CAN DO THAT--> '''Improvisation''', often shortened to '''improv''', is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/improvisation|title=IMPROVISATION {{!}} definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en-US|access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref> The origin of the word itself is in the Latin "improvisus", which literally means un-foreseen. Improvisation in the [[performing arts]] is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply to many different faculties across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines; see [[Applied improvisation]].
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