Fall 2024 Events

  • NA

    Regina José Galindo in conversation with Diana Taylor

    We kicked off the Fall lecture series with an incredible conversation with Regina José Galindo and Professor Diana Taylor. Galindo shared about her work as a performance artist and about her experience developing several of her most notable performance pieces. semester.

    Read More.
  • Jeremy

    Artist Talk with Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste

    Artist Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste gave us an impactful and personal walk through his work with sound, space, and self. He showed us a clip from his piece "...And Drive (Far Away).", and demonstrated his intentional mis-use of LRADs - that he acquired as "decommissioned militaria"- in his recent work "Y'all Don't Wanna Hear Me, You Just Wanna Dance".

    Read More.
  • Jennifer and Andrew

    Artists’ Talk with Jennifer Krasinski and Andrew Lampert

    Jennifer Krasinski and Andrew Lampert gave a fantastic and informative talk on Richard Foreman, co-sponsored by the Division of Libraries as part of the NYU's "Archives Onstage" series "Richard Foreman Wants You to Wake Up." They included details about his writing and directing process, shared multiple materials from the archives, and discussed his legacy in avant-garde theatre. They also talked about Lampert's newest work "Richard Foreman: No Title," which will be both an audio recording and a book, about a series of ~600 cards with short random phrases that Foreman wrote. The conversation was co-moderated by Rye Gentleman and Helen Shaw.

    Read More.
  • Katie Brewer Ball. Photo by Matthew Petres

    A Reading and Conversation with Katie Brewer Ball

    We welcome back PS Alum Katie Brewer Ball (Ph.D. '13) for a reading and conversation about their new book, The Only Way Out.

    Read More.
  • Symposium Panelists

    THE PERFORMANCE AND POLITICS OF TRUTH: PERFORMANCE STUDIES MEETS THE “ART OF GOVERNMENT”

    The Performance and Politics of Truth: Performance Studies Meets the "Art of Government" as part of the World Congress, Foucault: 40 Years After was a half-day symposium featuring a keynote by Mark D. Jordan and a panel featuring André Lepecki, Karen Shimakawa, and Ann Pellegrini.

    Read More.
  • Takuya Takemoto

    See a Porous Stone

    PS was home of the US premiere of "See A Porous Stone" by Takuya Takemoto, a performance artist based in Tokyo, Japan. During this one-person performance, Takemoto explored being in space, noticing, duration, and stillness. At some points, he moved so naturally we were unsure of the start or end. At other moments, he captured a stillness so committed that tears were streaming down his face. The audience, scattered in seats throughout the studio, were hanging on every twitch of a finger and noise of breath. We were made hyper aware of our own selves, sitting there, creating noises of life in real-time as contrasted by the stillness, quietness, and slowness of Takemoto.

    Read More.
  • Jesusa Rodríguez, Pedagogy of Stones

    Jesusa Rodríguez, Pedagogy of Stones

    Students had the pleasure of participating in Pedagogy of Stones, a workshop led by Jesusa Rodríguez, major performer, director, activist, and political figure from Mexico. Each person brought a stone that was used to build a cairn. Rodríguez helped participants connect to their stone by reminding us of the mineral component of our own bodies (our skeletons), and the ways in which we can connect to that component and our history through walking. During the second half of the workshop, participants needed to place their rock as part of the cairn one at a time, working in silence. The exercise built on the previous connective themes while also demonstrating a deeper meaning in working as a collective and individual working styles.

    Read More.