improvisation

jam session

Informal improvisational music gathering

• soloPerformance by one
• scatImprovised vocal jazz
• bebopFast, complex jazz style

swing · riff · licks · comping · groove · standards · modal · fusion · free jazz · call and response

extemporaneous

Done without advance preparation

• ad-libUnscripted speech or remark
• offhandCasually unrehearsed
• unplannedNot arranged beforehand

unrehearsed · on-the-spot · off-the-cuff · unscripted · freestyle · winging · unprepared · spur-of-the-moment · instinctive · intuitive

makeshift

Temporary, improvised substitute

• jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
• workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
• stopgapTemporary substitute measure

MacGyver · quick fix · resourcefulness · problem-solving · thinking outside the box · making do · bricolage · field repair · kludge · hack

cadenza

Extended solo passage

• ornamentationDecorative additions to something
• embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
• variationChange from a norm

raga · jam band · noodling · vamping · fills · runs · flourish · aleatory · free form · call and response

scene work

Rehearsing dramatic excerpts

• character workDeveloping a role's psychology
• ensembleUnified group or outfit
• sketchHasty informal drawing

games · heightening · callback · walk-on · edit · tag out · monologue · short-form · long-form · Harold

• storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
• dramaTV drama, acting, television drama, drama school, playwright
• dance termsballet, arabesque, plie, jete, turn
• drama trainingacting, acting class, acting workshop, drama club, drama games
• theater trainingacting schools, drama schools, acting workshops, theater programs, voice training
• performance partsverse, chorus, bridge, intro, outro