Interview

IICSI associate Alexandre Pierrepont talks about his work and its relation to improvisation at the IICSI team gathering in Guelph, ON.

IICSI associate Manolis Manousakis talks about his work and its relation to improvisation at the IICSI team gathering in Guelph, ON.

IICSI members explain how their work is related to improvisation, why they are so passionate about their research, and why they think improvised art is important to society and the humanities.

Sorry about the Sound Quality: Improvisation, Living in the Moment and the Beauty of Mistakes is a collection of interviews by Caroline Gillis with friends and colleagues in theatre about improvisation, how they used it in their work and how it may have impacted their lives. Actors have to be improvisers on a daily basis, juggling many different types of work (creative and sometimes not) to keep body and creative soul alive. You will see how improvisation has positively affected the lives of these artists.

Pianist Randy Weston is interviewed onstage by Vijay Iyer during the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium.

During the 2015 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium Evan Parker was interviewed by Kevin McNeilly as a keynote presentation.

During the 2015 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, Improvisor-In-Residence 2015/16, Douglas R. Ewart was interviewed by Ajay Heble. Ewart discussed his long term project Crepuscule, ideas for his residency in Guelph, Ontario and his journey to and the practice of improvisation.

A plenary session presented as part of the 2013 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium. PLENARY: Rapporteur Summary Session and Performance (with special guests Marianne Trudel and Hamid Drake). Featuring an interview…