Keynote Speakers
Improvisation, Gender and the Body
Tomie Hahn: Associate Professor, Department of the Arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Performer, Ethnologist. To learn more about Tomie Hahn and her work, please click here.
Curtis Bahn: Associate Professor of Computer Music Composition/Performance, Director of the Integrated Electronic Arts (iEAR) Studios, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. To learn more about Curtis Bahn and his work, please click here.
Improvisation, Text and Media
Bob Ostertag: Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music and the University of California at Davis, Creator, Improviser. To learn more about Bob Ostertag and his work, visit his site here.
Workshop facilitators
Frederique Arroyas: School of Languages and Literature, University of Guelph
Rebecca Caines: University of New South Wales
Ajay Heble: School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph
George E. Lewis: The Centre for Jazz Studies, Columbia University
Kevin McNeilly: English Department, University of British Columbia
Sherrie Tucker: American Studies, University of Kansas
Robert Wallace: Departments of English and Music, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ellen Waterman: School of Fine Art and Music. University of Guelph
Participants
Catherine Lee: McGill University
Charity Chan: Princeton University
Christie Menzo: University of Guelph
David Jackson: University of Western Ontario
Francois Mouillot: McGill University
George Blake: University of California, Santa Barbara
Jaime Brenes Reyes: University of Guelph
Jovana Milovic: University of Toronto
Lindsay Vogt: University of California, Santa Barbara
Louise Campbell: McGill University
Megan Parent:Carleton University
Melanie Boyd: University of Calgary
Melvin Backstrom: McGill University
Michael Mackenzie: University of Toronto
Nicholas Loess: University of Guelph
Paul Watkins: University of Guelph
Pete Williams: University of Kansas
Scott Herder: University of Guelph
Simon Rose: Glasgow Caledonian University
Vaughn Barclay: University of Guelph
Organizing Team
Frederique Arroyas: ICASP Summer Institute Coordinator, Associate Professor, School of Languages and Literatures, University of Guelph
Rachel Shoup: ICASP Administrative Assisstant, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph | icaspadm@uoguelph.ca
Kim Thorne: ICASP Project Manager | improv@uoguelph.ca
Summer Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation | Tel: 519.824.4120 x.56923 | E-mail: icaspadm@uoguelph.ca
Improvisation, Community and Social Practice | Improvisation, Communauté, et Pratiques Sociales
Room 042 MacKinnon Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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