Programme 2023

International Conference IMPACT:
IMProvisation and Creativity In and Through Performing Arts

November 22–25, 2023
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Gedimino pr. 42

Pre-conference activity
Workshop on interdisciplinary improvisation

Workshop leader:
Palle Dahlstedt, Prof. Dr., Academy of Music and Drama, Gothenburg

Wednesday, November 22, 14.00–17.00
Thursday, November 23, 10.00–13.00

Thursday, November 23

J. Karosas Hall (Gedimino pr. 42)
14.15Opening and welcome
Ramunė Balevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Vice-Rector for Art and Research, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof., Head of Music Innovation Studies Centre, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
14.30Keynote presentation “Heart without mastery is shit”. Improvising after Grotowski
Paul Allain, Prof. Dr., University of Kent, Canterbury 
15.30Decoding the performance
Matas Samulionis, Artistic doctorate in Music, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre 
16.00Coffee break
16.30Crisis and the Body; Automated E/Motions
Marina Stavrou, PhD student, Royal College of Art (RCA), School of Arts and Humanities (SoAH)
17.00Improvisation as a creative tool in operatic performance
Mia Heikkinen, PhD student, Uniarts Helsinki / Sibelius Academy’s Doctoral School DocMus
17.30Networking session
Spatial Sound Sphere (Gedimino pr. 42)
19.00Volt & Vibe  Immersive improvised music concert, Nikita Kiriuchinas, Matas Samulionis (live electronics)

Friday, November 24

J. Karosas Hall (Gedimino pr. 42)
9.30Keynote presentation On the self and ethics in musical improvisation: what can we learn?
Henrik Frisk, Prof. Dr., Royal College of Music in Stockholm
10.30Improvisation as a Method of Artistic Research
Ramunė Balevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Agnė Jurgaitytė-Avižinienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof., Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
11.00Coffee break
11.30Unleashing the Essence of Artistry: Creativity and Improvisation in the Performance of Classical Music
Lina Navickaitė-Martinelli, Prof. Dr., Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
12.00Improvisation as a base for interdisciplinary connection. Action research method
Indrė Dirgėlaitė, Assoc. Prof., Artistic doctorate in Theatre and Cinema, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre 
12.30Framing Interpenetration: Improvisation in John Cage’s Late Number Pieces
Clare Lesser, Dr., Independent researcher
13.00Lunch time
14.30Keynote presentation Systemic Improvisation and Entangled Performance: Algorithms in Improvisation
Palle Dahlstedt, Prof. Dr., University of Gothenburg & Chalmers University of Technology; Aalborg University · Computer Science and Engineering (GU/Chalmers); Academy of Music and Drama (GU)
15.00Technē of Acting as Episteme
Vasiliki Selioni, Dr., The Makings of the Actor
15.30Beyond the Institutionalized Body: Extension of Body and Medium in Improvisation, A Case Study of a Haegeum Performer
Jeonghyeon Joo, Assoc. Prof. Dr., School of Performing Arts, Seoul Institute of the Arts
16.00Coffee break
16.30Improvisation – a subliminal composition
Frank Pecquet, Prof. Dr., Ecole des arts de La Sorbonne, Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Balcony Theatre (Gedimino pr. 42)
17.15Presentation-performance MIND THE GAP
Milda Al-Slamah, Artistic doctorate in Theatre and Cinema, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Ideas Block KOMPRESORINĖ (Goštauto g. 11)
20.00Interdisciplinary JAM, presentation of workshop results, workshop participants and leader Palle Dahlstedt

Saturday, November 25

J. Karosas Hall (Gedimino pr. 42)
10.00Keynote presentation From contemplative to transgressive performance with electronic instruments
Alejandro Olarte, Dr., Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki
10.30Compositional voice in/as ensemble microtradition: collective self-organisation as compositional approach
Moss Freed, Dr., Goldsmiths, University of London
11.00Coffee break
11.30Panel Discussion
Moderated by Ramunė Balevičiūtė and Mantautas Krukauskas 
13.00Closing of the conference and farewell


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