It is child-oriented and politically conservative but wildly improvisational when it comes to interior design.
Jazz is an improvisational art grounded in the structures of melody, harmony and rhythm.
In fact, it was a would-be disaster averted by bold and improvisational decision making.
And Costolo should know something about a well-timed joke: He was previously an improvisational comedian in Chicago.
Reading Doug's memoir, one is apt to marvel over how haphazard and improvisational was the learning process.
But if the world depended on somebody like me, improvisational and in the moment, the world would suck.
Dr. Braun and colleagues later found the same effect with freestyle rappers improvisational genius is not limited by baby-boomer taste.
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"A genius and the greatest improvisational comedian of all time, " tweeted Richard Lewis.
The film stars two musicians, Negar Shaghaghi and Ashkan Koshanejad, who play fictionalized versions of themselves (the script is loose and improvisational).
He's insecure about his tone and his improvisational skills, worried about his place in a musical world dominated by Parker and bebop.
Despite a clearly electronic execution, an improvisational jazz ethos informs this music.
They master special techniques such as improvisational singing, falsetto, simultaneous manipulation of several puppets, and the ability to play various musical instruments.
Invariably, the games, which are, at best, improvisational affairs, end in brawls.
Among the courses taught by the center is an improvisational acting class that teaches scientists ways of communicating their thoughts clearly to others.
One gets a sense in interviews on hip hop of the improvisational flavor and rhetorical creativity that mark the genre at its best.
Exchanging cards has morphed from a choreographed ritual, as easy as a simple foxtrot, to an improvisational interpretive dance that would challenge Isadora Duncan.
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This clunky botch is evidence that, though improvisational skills can be learned, being funny is a gift, one that is little in evidence here.
Mr. Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with a gift for mimicry, a host of eccentric personalities and a reservoir of creative energy.
Known for his highly original approach to composition, Klein feeds off the improvisational energy of jazz, but also integrates sounds from a broad range of musical experiences.
Some dances imitate the calls and movements of animals or insects, others, like the sword and bow dances, are rituals, and still others are improvisational or purely entertainment.
Cincinnati Children's is a rare case in the U.S. health care system of what happens when factory-style operations management conquers the improvisational and often sloppy delivery of care in hospitals.
To roll-out these tough messages, I took a huge risk and hired Second City, the improvisational comedy company, to cast themselves as audience members while the consultants delivered the news.
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Jazz legend Herbie Hancock saw one future of music when he was blown away by the piano skills of 14-year-old Jennifer Lin , awed by a classical maestro with full-bore improvisational chops.
In response, they became brilliantly improvisational and creative.
When Rossini composed the rapid-fire vocal ornaments that give his operas their sparkle, he did so in a determined attempt to rein in the improvisational excesses of singers and reclaim some measure of control over his own music.
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Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy (two of the best improvisational comedy actors working today) portray Gerry and Cookie Fleck, a Florida couple of modest means who have pinned all their hopes of fame and glory on their little Norwich terrier, Winky.
That last photo, an improvisational beginning to sports' promotional wizardry of today, is an artifact that has become like Warhol's soup cans a piece of Americana worthy of careful study for what it tells us about Wilt and the only single-triple in NBA history.
The most noticeable result of the triumph of NFL players may be a more wide-open, improvisational game, as they take further responsibility for game management from the coaches, because the role of an NFL player is shifting at the team level, too.
With a love of bluegrass and jazz, they started along their improvisational way by re-crafting classical favorites (like Bach's Concerto for Two Violins, which Time for Three recorded in NPR's Studio 4A), and have continued to grow and compose their own music.
Mr. Grupper (pronounced "grouper") is sufficiently in demand (he also records audio books) that he really doesn't need a day job, but he's got one: He's the founder and sole proprietor of Act Professional, a consulting firm that uses acting and improvisational techniques to help businesspeople get better at making presentations and get better at presenting themselves.
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