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Keynote Speakers

Improvisation, Gender and the Body

TomieTomie Hahn: Associate Professor, Department of the Arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Performer, Ethnologist. To learn more about Tomie Hahn and her work, please click here.

 

 

 

CurtisCurtis 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

BobBob 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




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