MILE Camp Concert: D.D. Jackson + MILE Camp Participants
(Le français suit) On Friday, August 15th, at 4:00 PM, D.D. Jackson will be joined by MILE Camp participants at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach…
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Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum 294 route 132 est, Coin-du-Banc, Quebec, Canada
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Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium 2025: “Dance with the Music: Movement in the Improvised Arts”
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaThe 2025 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium will take place in the ImprovLab at the University of Guelph from September 11-13, 2025. Presented by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI)…
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Thinking Spaces: Lucy Rupert, Lisa Hirmer, and Christina Kingsbury “Interdisciplinary Improvisation & Ultrasonic Moth Songs”
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIn August 2024, dancer Lucy Rupert, musician Ben Finley, as well as artists Christina Kingsbury and Lisa Hirmer, collaborated on the interdisciplinary performance Ultra-sonic Moth Songs. Audiences present that magical summer evening experienced improvised music and movement among the moths at the Moth Garden! Join us to watch some of the beautiful archival video of the event and talk about the process of creating this environmentally inspired, multi-disciplinary improvised performance.
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IICSI 2025 Improviser-in-Residence Marilyn Crispell in Concert at the ImprovLab
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIICSI is thrilled to announce that a free night of performances by renowned pianist Marilyn Crispell will take place in ImprovLab on Saturday, October 18th. These performances will be the…
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IMPR Student Colloquium: Mike Hansen—”The First Experience: A Noise…”
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaMike Hansen will present his IMPR PhD Student Colloquium at 3 PM in ImprovLab on October 21. This hybrid presentation is titled "The First Experience: A Noise..." and will be…
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Sharon D. Engbrecht: “World-Building: Improvisation and Narrativity” Public Lecture
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaWe are pleased to announce that IICSI Postdoctoral Fellow Sharon D. Engbrecht will be delivering a public lecture in ImprovLab at 10 AM on October 27. This event is free…
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Thinking Spaces: Steve Sladkowski—”‘What Can I Get Away With Here?’: Improvisation in Punk Rock Performance and Community Making”
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIICSI is pleased to present a Thinking Spaces presentation by Steve Sladkowski—guitarist for renowned punk band PUP, and U of G alumnus—in ImprovLab at 12 PM on Tuesday, November 18th!…
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Un-Muting Sonic Restitutions: An Afternoon of Afrosonic Explorations and Improvisations with Satch Hoyt
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaIICSI is thrilled to share an exciting and informative afternoon of conversation and an open improv jam session with internationally-acclaimed visual artist and musician, Satch Hoyt! Curated by former IICSI…
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“Tracing the Life of Violence”— A talk by Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht, followed by an open discussion
Guelph Public Library 100 Norfolk St., Guelph, Ontario, CanadaBe part of Guelph’s “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” as IICSI 2025-26 Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht explores systemic violence in Katherena Vermette’s "The Break." As part…
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Life After the PhD: What is a Postdoc?
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAre you a graduate student wondering what your post-PhD pathway might look like? Join Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht (IICSI 2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow), Dr. An Kosurko (Musagetes and MITACS Postdoctoral Fellow),…
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Thinking Spaces: Alex Chesney and Dr. Nathan TeBokkel—Storied Social Practice: Improvisation in Farming and Food
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaGrowing and making food are ancient practices yet also scientifically advanced, necessary for everyday living yet often inaccessible but to experts, interdisciplinary yet highly specialized. Considering the role of improvisation…
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Thinking Spaces: Kate Story and Ryan Kerr—Death in Reverse: Performance in Precarious Times
ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaArtists Kate Story and Ryan Kerr will share what it means to create meaningful work within conditions of precarity, and on the unusual, often improvised ways artists find to stay…
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