For all events, the Department of Performance Studies acknowledges the Canarsie tribe of the Lenape People in whose traditional territory we are gathering.
For all events, the Department of Performance Studies acknowledges the Canarsie tribe of the Lenape People in whose traditional territory we are gathering.
Join us for the Performance Studies Orientation!
Screening of Wu Tsang's Moby Dick; Or, The Whale. After the screening, there will be a discussion with Tsang and Tosh Basco, and others.
On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the book’s publication, Professor Peggy Phelan (Stanford University) joins PS faculty André Lepecki for a conversation on the book’s many afterlives.
This event is a collaboration between Ville Albertine, the Tisch School of the Arts Departments of Performance Studies and Dance, and the Center for Disability Studies at New York University. Generously supported by Ville Albertine and the Dean’s Office at Tisch School of the Arts.
Naomi (PS M.A. Alum) will share stories and practices from her new book and invite Mara Lieberman, to share how her experience of big life change has transformed her relationship to her identity as an artist and to her work.
Join the faculty and staff of the Department of Performance Studies to learn more about our M.A. & Ph.D. programs and the application process for Fall 2024.
Join the Department of Performance Studies as we welcome one of our new faculty members, Assistant Professor Jeannine Tang as she shares about her current research projects with this lecture.
Virginia Grise will discuss the evolution of her work as an artist, from panzas to prisons, from street theatre to large-scale multimedia performances, from princess to chafa. The artist talk will include excerpts of her work and artistic practices for creating ecologies of care.
Join us for a virtual info session to learn about our undergraduate program.
Event of performance, talks, and readings by Juf, Amber Jamilla Musser, and Malik Nashad Sharpe, curated by Blanca Ulloa. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and the Center for Research and Study and the Department of Performance Studies.
Join members Department of Performance Studies faculty and staff and representatives from the Tisch Graduate Admissions office for an info session!
Join Jenn Colella and Ann Pellegrini as the two of them discuss Colella’s career path and process of building roles. They will also dive into - and dish! - the gender and sexual politics of stand-up comedy, musical theatre, cabaret, and so much more.
Join NYU Tisch School of the Arts Performance Studies for a special evening and fundraiser benefiting the Performance Studies department at Appropriate.
Please join the Department of Performance Studies for a public conversation between the award-winning playwrights and performance theorists Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Carmelita Tropicana.
Wagner Schwartz will engage in a conversation with André Lepecki about this piece, the controversy in 2017, the relation between performance, dance and the political, but also about his broader artistic work as one of the most influential Brazilian choreographers working today.
Join the Department of Performance Studies to learn more about our M.A. & Ph.D. programs.
We welcome PS Alum Rodrigo Tisi (Ph.D. '11) for an Alumni Lecture Series event to discuss his book, Performative Objects and Spaces. This presentation will navigate the explorations of Rodrigo Tisi's work as he combines ideas of performance with architecture.
Join the Department of PS for our annual community event for a packed day of workshops and skill shares between students and alumni!
PS Visiting Scholar Lauren Mancia proposes that historians cannot solely rely on texts to understand premodern monks and nuns--we must also explore these histories through embodiment and performance.
Travel with PS to The Met Cloisters (the branch of the Met dedicated to the study of medieval European art; where PS Visiting Scholar Lauren Mancia (Brooklyn College/Graduate Center) will lead us in a happening where we attempt to embody the medieval monastic past
PS Ph.D. Candidate Sol Cabrini’s Tgirl.jpg has been published, and we’re ready to celebrate. Join us for an evening celebrating the book with readings, performances, and a Q/A session.
Sponsored by the Center for Research & Study at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, this graduate student conference is organized by the joint effort of students at the departments of Cinema Studies, Performance Studies, and Art & Public Policy.
Sponsored by the Center for Research & Study at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, this graduate student conference is organized by the joint effort of students at the departments of Cinema Studies, Performance Studies, and Art & Public Policy.
Join PS Visiting Scholar Maria José Arjona and Professor André Lepecki. In the course of this conversation, they will engage in an exploration of possibilities, contemplating the forest as both a metaphorical construct and a tangible locus for nuanced and innovative expressions.