Improvisation Methods and Practices in Southeast Asia - Music, Dance and Theatre

This collection explores the multifaceted role of improvisation, from rehearsal to performance, teaching to learning within the Southeast Asian performing arts scene. It demonstrates how improvisation can be used in practice through diverse theoretical perspectives, innovative methods and idiosyncratic strategies.

About the author

Darren Moore (DMA) is a senior lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore. He is an internationally recognised drummer whose practice aims to generate new ideas concerning improvisation, multidisciplinary collaboration, and experimental music practice.
Stephanie Burridge (PhD) is a research consultant at LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore and is a choreographer, performer, and dance writer. She is Series Editor for Routledge anthologies Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific and Perspectives on Dance, Young People and Change, the latter co-edited with Charlotte Svendler Nielsen.

Product details

• Authors: Darren Burridge Moore
• Assisted by: Burridge Stephanie (Editor), Moore Darren (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032914480
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291448-0
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Dance, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Learning, South East Asia, Theatre Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Performance Art, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres, Musical Instruments, Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles, PERFORMING ARTS / Improvisation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies