“…Imitation in human-robot interactive dance has been long researched in the literature [29], [30], [31], especially in an embodiment setting [32], [33], [34]. While improvisation was mostly used to improve robots' reactivity and social acceptance [21], [35], [36], [37] artists get robots to improvise on stage whether it is for dancing [38], [21], [16] or playing music [39]. It is important to specify that in our current study, rather than improvising, the robots are emulating improvisation according to pre-programmed algorithms.…”