Definition of improv
: of, relating to, or being improvisation and especially an improvised comedy routine
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This week's main challenge had the girls guesting on a fake talk show and showing off improv skills.
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The competition will celebrate not only the best comedians, as voted on by their peers, but best joke, best podcast, best improv troupe, best festival, even best live performer.
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The Hantz Foundation and the Detroit Creativity Project are partners in bringing improv classes to both schools.
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For the improv fanatics among us, this is the show to catch this season — even if Drew Carey won’t be there to judge it.
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Embarrass yourself and take an improv class to learn to think fast, trust yourself, and connect with an audience.
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Asked whether Latinx people are underrepresented in the L.A. improv scene, Rodriguez says yes — but things are improving.
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Second City is the tentpole of Chicago comedy for the rest of the country, but Dream Freaks feels like it was concocted in an intermediate-level improv class where mere nods get laughs and politics get skewered with Pixy Stix.
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During its 14-year residency at the Chelsea location, Upright Citizens Brigade has grown and today includes an improv training center and additional theaters in the East Village and Los Angeles.
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Origin and Etymology of improv
short for improvisation
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