Improvised Dialogues: Emergence and Creativity in Conversation

by R. Keith Sawyer

"Improvised Dialogues" is the first social-scientific study of Chicago improv theater. It focuses on the collaborative verbal creativity that improvising actors use to generate their unscripted dialogues. The author spent two years as a performer, and videotaped 15 different Chicago theater groups both live performances and rehearsals resulting in almost 50 hours of performance data. To analyze these dialogues, the book presents the theory of collaborative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567506771
• ISBN13: 9781567506778
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"