International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation

Camp with us! Musical Improvisation at Land’s End / Coin-du-Banc en folie

August 3-10 2019

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Apply to our Summer Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation

Deadline May 1, 2019

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Thinking Spaces 2019 Sessions

January - April

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Calls For Papers & participation

upcoming deadlines

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ImprovNotes February 2019 Short Takes

Short Takes news from the February 2019 edition of ImprovNotes, the IICSI's monthly newsletter.

The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) is a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on improvised creative practices.

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International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
Room 042 MacKinnon Building, University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Tel: 519-824-4120 Ext. 53885
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