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This paper proposed multiple definitions of improvisation in dance practices; three different forms of improvisation (open, contact, and structured), as well as five different modes of improvisation. It aimed to address different uses of improvisation for different purposes in dance. In particular, among Conroy’s five different modes, ‘compositional mode’ was focused to exposure the significant role of visual stimuli in choreographing dance improvisation. As concerned a theoretical framework, I brought Henri Bergson’s “framing perception” and Gabrella Giannachi’s discussion in order to contextualize the process of transferring visual stimuli into the present improvised dance. In terms of artistic contexts, three key choreographers, including William Forsythe, Deborah Hay, and Wally Cardona, were investigated in this study. It offered to analyze how a practical field of dance within improvisation explores visual stimuli as the present environment.