Collaborative Research: Modeling Creative and Emotive Improvisation in Theater Performance

这个项目研究的是即兴表演中的创造力，既有标准的戏剧技术，其中剧本的解释，包括物理表演，由演员即兴创作，也有“即兴戏剧”，即演员通过即兴创作实时创造整个场景。本研究将增加对即兴创作、创造力和智能主体设计的认识，并对戏剧创作实践的理论和学术理解做出有意义的贡献。除了将工程科学方法与表演的理论和实践相结合外，这项研究还将在戏剧背景下对即兴表演、情感、表演风格和问题解决的认知和计算模型做出贡献。这些模型将为开发更复杂的合成角色、虚拟人和其他智能自主代理铺平道路，这些代理可以与人类交互，也可以相互交互，用于娱乐、教育和培训。

This project studies creativity in improvisation in both standard theatrical techniques where a script's interpretation, including the physical performance, is improvised by an actor, and "improv theatre" where entire scenes are created by actors in real-time through improvisation. This research will increase the state of knowledge about improvisation, creativity, and intelligent agent design, as well as contribute meaningfully to theoretical and academic understanding of creative practice in theatre. In addition to integrating engineering scientific methods with the theory and practice of acting, this research will contribute cognitive and computational models of improvisation, emotion, acting styles, and problem-solving in the context of theatre. These models will pave the way to the development of more sophisticated synthetic characters, virtual humans, and other intelligent autonomous agents that can interact with humans and with each other for purposes of entertainment, education, and training.