IMProvisation and Creativity In and Through Performing Arts

November 23-25, 2023, Vilnius
Open Call for Participation
International Conference IMPACT
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania

This three-day international interdisciplinary symposium aims to explore the intersections of creativity and improvisation within the performing arts. The conference will feature:

• Research presentations and artistic experiments

• Round-table discussions

• Networking events

• A cultural program related to the conference theme

• An experimental creative lab

• Live streaming/blended events

We are pleased to announce that we have received preliminary confirmations from distinguished speakers such as Dr. Henrik Frisk (Sweden), Dr. Vasiliki Selioni (Greece), Professor Paul Allain (UK), and others who will be contributing to the symposium's rich landscape of interdisciplinary dialogue.

We invite scholars, artists, and practitioners to submit proposals for:

• Oral Presentations

• Poster Presentations

• Listener Participation

• Participation in an interdisciplinary workshop

Topics may include but are not limited to:

• Collaboration in the age of artificial intelligence

• Prosthesis vs. improvisation

• Between composition and improvisation

• Improvisation and music technologies

• Creativity and improvisation in performance contexts

• Improvisation in game-theatre models

• Skill development in improvisation based on action research methods