Do we thrive in an orderly, structured arena, or one that is constantly changing and requires a great deal of flexibility and improvisation?
It involves a degree of variation and improvisation in both vocal parts but always ends with two performers singing in unison or an octave apart.
Handel himself was receptive to singers and instrumentalists adding their own ornamentation and improvisation, and Mozart offered his own updated version of "Messiah, " so this concept didn't seem completely off the wall to me.
Khachkar craftsmanship is transmitted through families or from master to apprentice, teaching the traditional methods and patterns, while encouraging regional distinctiveness and individual improvisation.
Epic singers are distinguished by their prodigious memory and performance skills, combining singing, vocal improvisation and musical composition coupled with theatrical elements.
While dealing with diverse universal themes, the simple musical and literary composition invites improvisation, imitation and singing in unison.
In the 1920s, pioneering figures such as Rudolf Laban and Mary Wigman began using unfamiliar movements which relied more on bodily improvisation and spiritual ideas particularly from the East than on preordained steps.
Their shows were a boozy, honky-tonk circus featuring great songwriting, wonderful musical improvisation and, best of all, slapstick comedy.
Successful crisis management, my colleagues at Control Risks always remind me, is part good planning and part intelligent improvisation.
In this atmosphere of improvisation and chaos, it is perhaps not surprising that accounting procedures took a back seat.
Americans are famous not only for having supposedly limitless resources but also for their energy, can-doism and powers of improvisation.
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D-Day is the best-remembered event of Britain's second world war, a preference that exemplifies the nation's esteem for improvisation and making-do.
But on a more creative and mindful level, improvisation has "value, " says creativity expert Robert Epstein, a former editor of Psychology Today and founder of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
Claudia Acuna grew up in Chile a singer of many stripes, and was especially transfixed by the improvisation of musicians like Erroll Garner and Thelonious Monk.
The Brooklyn bar, Pacific Standard , hosts The Story Collider, The Standard Issues, a thematic storytelling show that invites one hat-picked "mystery guest", and Mimsy, an experimental show featuring a regular cast of eight who mix storytelling with improvisation, skits and audience participation.
Almost everything begins in improvisation, and his aim is never merely to make an audience laugh or cry.
To achieve that authenticity, Salles often casts non-actors and relies heavily on improvisation.
But the dessert's basic layering of mascarpone and ladyfingers begs for improvisation.
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Though jazz piano has had legions of practitioners, the number of first-class jazz singers is small, due to the difficulty of turning melody and lyrics into true improvisation.
While some coaches and chefs applaud the improvisation the new rules will bring to the event, traditionalists worry they will undercut the precision of the cuisine, as once espoused by Bocuse himself.
Drawing from jazz legends such as Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Chick Corea, Eldar's style is marked by his incredibly precise technique and the complexity of his improvisation.
It did so because only 400 of the peers tended to show up, and by some miracle of British improvisation made a decent job of improving the legislation sent to them from the Commons.
The emphasis on improvisation reminded him of jazz and the depth of feeling recalled older blues, but the overall effect was closer to blues arranged or a classical orchestra.
Bringing to mind Bley's softly exhilarating solo recitals, the theme segues in and out of a minor-key improvisation that meanders like pockets of storm clouds on an otherwise pleasant day.
While the Moth StorySlam is the only show that draws all its performers from a lottery and judges it as a competition, other shows in the city feature unique components, such as adhering to a specific theme or mixing in improvisation, music, fiction and audience participation.
It covers a range of subjects, from love to philosophical and theological concepts of the universe and nature, while leaving some room for improvisation.
Until China's business reality catches up with its economic ambitions, Tang and others will have to rely on such improvisation to make ends meet.
Floratone started with flashes of improvisation, two musicians riffing live and unscripted in the studio and when those jam sessions ended, the veteran producers Lee Townsend and Tucker Martine got busy.
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