shiradotnet
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I used to have a teacher who improvised EVERYTHING when she performed. She never performed choreographed pieces because she'd lose her place in the choreography.
One time I watched two videos of her back-to-back, made several years apart, to different songs. My husband commented that they almost looked as though she had created choreography and did the same choreo with minor tweaks to both. He was right! Now, I KNOW that she improvised both songs, but after 20 years of performing professionally, she had fallen into the habit of using certain step combinations regularly, and interpreting certain musical structures the same way every time.
One time I watched two videos of her back-to-back, made several years apart, to different songs. My husband commented that they almost looked as though she had created choreography and did the same choreo with minor tweaks to both. He was right! Now, I KNOW that she improvised both songs, but after 20 years of performing professionally, she had fallen into the habit of using certain step combinations regularly, and interpreting certain musical structures the same way every time.