Philosophy of Improvisation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory and Practice

Contents

• Introduction
• Improvisation: The Competences of Not Being in Control
• Susanne Ravn, Simon Høffding, and James McGuirk
• Part I: Reconsidering Improvisation
• 1. The Birth of Planning out of the Spirit of Improvisation: The Iceberg Model
• Beth Preston
• 2. Improvisation as Online Planning
• Raul Hakli
• 3. Towards a Wide Approach to Improvisation
• Joel Krueger and Alessandro Salice
• 4. Improvisation as a Social Process
• Nick Crossly
• Part II: Specific Aspects of Improvisational Practices
• 5. Taking Responsibility by Letting Go: The Improvisation of Responding to the Call
• Bruce Ellis Benson
• 6. Dance Improvisation and the Metaphysics of Force
• Philipa Rothfield
• 7. Joint Improvisation as Interaction Ritual
• Mikko Salmela
• Part III: Improvisation in Practice
• 8. Improvising Affectivity – Kitt Johnson’s site-specific Performances
• Susanne Ravn
• 9. Inner & Outer Ears - Enacting Agential Systems in Music Improvisation
• Simon Høffding and Torben Snekkestad
• 10. Improvisation in the Classroom: Towards an Aspectual Account of Improvisatory Practice
• James McGuirk
• Afterword
• ‘Yes, and…’: Having It All in Improvisation Studies
• John Sutton