International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation - IICSI

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Improviser-in-Residence Marianne Trudel in performance

at the ArtsEverywhere Festival!

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IICSI Graduate Program Ad

Come research and practice arts-based community-making with us in the Fall of 2020.

Apply to our graduate program in the field of Critical Studies in Improvisation.

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ImprovLab Groundbreaking With Diamond Schmitt Architects & the University of Guelph

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CfPs Papers, fellowship application deadlines, residencies and more.

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ImprovNotes IICSI's monthly newsletter

CfPs, features on IICSI projects, news related to improvisation research and performance & more!

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Visit our online Research Library of films, interviews, think pieces, articles, and more!

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IICSI Tweets

ImprovNotes are HOT off the virtual press! Inside the January 2020 edition: Congratulations to Justine Richardson n… https://t.co/xk1f7YAfXBabout 1 hour ago
This Friday! Our Improviser-in-Residence, Marianne Trudel will be performing w/ #Guelph glitterati: Gryphon Singers… https://t.co/xXdsgm3zuN22 hours ago
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Critical Studies in Improvisation

CSI-ECI is an open-access, peer-reviewed, electronic, academic journal.

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The ImprovLab

Designed by Diamond-Schmitt Architects The ImprovLab will be our Institute’s research and performance facility at the…

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AUMI

Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) software interface and iOS App are new musical instruments that enable…

AUMI - Adaptive Use Musical Instrument

News on the ImprovLab & MacKinnon Reno.

Work is underway on our ImprovLab and the University of Guelph College of Arts MacKinnon Building…

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

The Institute's mandate is to create positive social change through the confluence of improvisational arts, innovative scholarship, and collaborative action.

Research Partners

International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
IICSI House, 9 University Avenue East, Guelph, ON, N1H 1M8
Tel: 519-824-4120 Ext. 53885 | [email protected]

Send mail to: 042 MacKinnon Building
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
improv@uoguelph.ca