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Improvisation as a Healing Art | Synapse

June 14, 2026Open Access

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Improvisation as a Healing Art

CHChristopher HeimannRoyal College of Art

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This work aims to explore how theatre improvisation serves as a form of embodied inquiry related to well-being and healing.
25 years of applied improvisation in arts training, leadership development, elite sport, and mental health
Improvisation enhances knowledge about being and well-being, fostering a therapeutic environment.
Creative practices in improvisation facilitate healing processes across diverse applications.

Abstract

Background: Theatre improvisation offers a unique mode of embodied inquiry, where creative practice becomes a site of knowledge about being, well-being, and healing. Drawing on 25 years of applied improvisation in arts training, leadership development, elite sport, and mental health, this work builds for full text, please go to the a.m. URL

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2e4632b1cc60ccdea8b069 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3205/26isfam051