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TL;DR. Jazz and dance improvisation are the same skill wearing different clothes: internalize structure deeply enough that you can leave it on purpose without falling apart.

I originally wrote this answer on Quora on Jazz improvisation. Jazz and improvisation are two activities close to my heart. Right now I engage a lot more in dance improvisation, but I believe the two are very similar. I hope to expand on the dancing side someday.

I owe this to the many American Jazz musicians that have influenced my life like Larry Russell, George Michael and the local blues musician Brooks in McAllen Texas.

If you’d like to cite this post:

@misc{miranda2019jazzimprovisation,
  author = {Miranda, Brando},
  title  = {Jazz Improvisation},
  year   = {2019},
  month  = {October},
  howpublished = {\url{https://brando90.github.io/brandomiranda/2019/10/31/jazz-improvisation.html}},
  note   = {Blog post}
}