Traditional Iranian music is not based on musical scores. Instead, traditional melody types are passed down orally. In his new book “Traditional Iranian music — Orality, physicality and improvisation, ...

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Being professionally trained for years in performing arts, Hendersonville's Emily Swindal never knew when she began her career path that she'd find the most joy in portraying silly characters, ...

A year after I began improvising, it started messing with my head. But in the best way imaginable. Two decades ago, I stumbled into an audition for my college improv team. I didn’t really know what ...

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Improv is a form of theatre in which the plot, characters, and dialogue of a show are made up on the spot. Usually this involves taking suggestions of words or phrases from audience members, but there ...