Acts of spontaneity

Entrepreneur shows that improv can allow people to trust their instincts and realize their potential, He Qi reports in Shanghai.

Xu Siyuan's story has many twists and turns, but one thing that is constant is her determination to succeed. This determination was aided by a spirit of improvisation that has run through her life and goals.

From majoring in Chinese at East China Normal University to being the public relations officer of a French-funded luxury corporation, and then becoming the young CEO of an internet startup, Xu, of the post-1990 generation, now devotes herself to "improv". This is a technique used by actors onstage, when they say or do things that are not in the script－they improvise. It's "spontaneous ensemble theater "and has developed into an art form where the performers make up the theater, usually comedy, on the spot.

Xu went one step further. She not only practiced the art of improvisation, but became an actor who focused on its application in various fields and also founded Easy Improv.