Research on creative thinking and innovative thinking has received scholarly attention, but a singular type of thinking mainly was conducted without a clear definition of the two. The creative and innovative thinking ability of choreographers positively correlates with the quality of dance creation. Improvisational dance has a creative connotation due to its randomness and uncertainty and is, therefore, it is an essential practice for evaluating dancers' creativity. The cultivation of creativity through improvisation and the creative and innovative thinking it embodies has been widely researched. The specific mode of thinking in dance creation is dominated by image thinking and supplemented by abstract thinking. Improvisational dance also follows a specific mode of thinking for dance. Creative thinking is an original nature of thinking that emphasises originality, divergence and appropriateness, belongs to image thinking. Innovation thinking is a kind of regenerative thinking based on the application and popularisation of new technologies and products, which emphasises both social and economic benefits, and which aims to add value in terms of value addition; innovation thinking is part of abstract thinking. The theories of the linkage between creative and innovative thinking have been put forward, where the two ways of thinking are intertwined and linked in the actual thinking process, with the product as the linking node. However, the linkage between creative thinking and innovative thinking is only theoretical, with a lack of empirical research. This study takes innovation and creativity as the research perspective. It establishes a limited improvisation dance group and an unlimited improvisation dance group to explore the difference between different improvisation forms on improving innovative and creative ability and providing the optimal choice for developing creative thinking and innovative thinking linkage ability through empirical research. The experimental data indicate that the different forms of improvisation in both groups positively affect innovative and creative ability, but limited improvisation has a slightly more significant effect. Although unlimited improvisation also promotes the development of innovative and creative ability, there is also the potential to hinder innovative and creative ability. As a result of the study, limited improvisation dance is the optimal choice for developing the ability to link creative thinking and innovative thinking. Based on the findings, suggestions for the feasibility of developing the ability to link creative thinking with innovative thinking linkage are also given in this paper.

创造性思维和创新思维的研究受到学术界的关注，但主要是单一类型的思维，对两者没有明确的定义。编舞者的创造性和创新思维能力与舞蹈创作的质量呈正相关。即兴舞蹈由于其随机性和不确定性而具有创造性的内涵，因此，它是评估舞者创造力的重要实践。通过即兴创作来培养创造力及其所体现的创造性和创新思维已被广泛研究。舞蹈创作的具体思维方式以形象思维为主，抽象思维为辅。即兴舞蹈也遵循特定的舞蹈思维模式。创造性思维是一种强调原创性、发散性和适宜性的思维的原创性，属于形象思维。创新思维是一种基于新技术、新产品的应用和推广的再生思维，强调社会效益和经济效益并重，以增值为目标；创新思维是抽象思维的一部分。创造性思维与创新思维联动理论被提出，两种思维方式在实际的思维过程中相互交织、联动，以产品为纽带。然而，创造性思维和创新思维之间的联系只是理论上的，缺乏实证研究。本研究以创新和创造力为研究视角。建立有限即兴舞蹈团和无限即兴舞蹈团，通过实证研究探索不同即兴形式在提高创新和创造能力上的差异，为培养创新思维和创新思维联动能力提供最佳选择。实验数据表明，两组中不同形式的即兴创作对创新和创造能力都有积极影响，但有限的即兴创作的影响略显着。无限制的即兴创作虽然也促进了创新和创造能力的发展，但也存在阻碍创新和创造能力的潜力。根据研究结果，有限的即兴舞蹈是培养创造性思维和创新思维能力的最佳选择。在此基础上，本文还对培养创造性思维与创新思维联动能力的可行性提出了建议。