Events
For all events, the Department of Performance Studies acknowledges the Canarsie tribe of the Lenape People in whose traditional territory we are gathering.
Request accommodations here.
For all events, the Department of Performance Studies acknowledges the Canarsie tribe of the Lenape People in whose traditional territory we are gathering.
Request disability accommodations here.
Friday, Sep. 3, 2021
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PS: Assembly - On Assembly
Each session will be loosely grounded in a topic that ties to the faculty's pedagogy. The series will briefly introduce each session and then facilitate discussion for the group. The assemblies will offer opportunities to come together and in a more informal setting to discuss projects and ideas.
Thursday, Sep. 9, 2021
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The Sense of Brown: JEM Jam
Tune in to The Sense of Brown: JEM Jam on HemiTV via Zoom, followed by a live post-show discussion moderated by host Mateo Hurtado and featuring some of the performers: Joe Louis, Esaú Mora, MARIKISCRYCRYCRY, Lili Pujol, and Victor Cazares.
Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2021
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TDR Webinar: Translating Embodied Performance and an Archive of Intergenerational Trauma
Translating Embodied Performance and an Archive of Intergenerational Trauma What impacts translations—the translation of texts and the translation of performance as materials and practices move from one culture to another?
Friday, Sep. 17, 2021
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PS Fall Mixer!
We are very excited to kick off this Fall semester and welcome everyone to the 6th floor. Please join us for our first social event of the year to get to know the folks in your PS community!
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2021
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Book launch! The Other Side of Terror, by Erica R. Edwards
Please join us in launching The Other Side of Terror: Black Women and the Culture of US Capital (NYU Press), by Erica R. Edwards! Moderated by Evie Shockley, with remarks by Roderick Ferguson, Avery Gordon, Fred Moten, Nadine Naber, Mary Helen Washington, and Erica R. Edwards.
Friday, Oct. 1, 2021
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PS Assembly: On Collaborative pedagogies with Professor Taylor
This fall we will be offering a series of get-togethers for all students and faculty in the department. Each session will be loosely grounded in a topic that ties to the faculty's pedagogy.
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021
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Broadway and Belief
Jacob Johnson (Oklahoma City University) and Stacy Wolf (Princeton University) discuss what Broadway musicals have to do with religion, what beliefs they foster, and what ideas they promote about America that reverberate across the country.
Friday, Oct. 15, 2021
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Applying to M.A. Programs
Join Administrative and Academic Director Noel Rodriguez, and Assistant Director of Programs Laura Fortes to discuss the process of applying to M.A. programs!
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021
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Performance Studies Undergraduate Open House
Join us on Saturday, October 16th for the Performance Studies Undergraduate Open House!
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021
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Remember This: A Conversation with Clark Young
Join the Department of Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, for a conversation between Clark Young, playwright of Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, David Strathairn, Academy Award Nominated Actor, Barbara Browning, and Ann Pellegrini Professors of Performance Studies.
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021
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Formless Formation: A Conversation with Authors Sandra Ruiz and Hypatia Vourloumis
Formless Formation: A Conversation with Authors Sandra Ruiz and Hypatia Vourloumis
Friday, Oct. 22, 2021
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PS Assembly: On Teaching (Learning) What You Don't Know with Professor Vazquez
This fall we will be offering a series of get-togethers for all students and faculty in the department. Each session will be loosely grounded in a topic that ties to the faculty's pedagogy.
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021
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Department of Performance Studies Graduate Open House
The Performance Studies Graduate Program Open House will take place on Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 from 6:30-7:30 PM EST on Zoom. We encourage you to attend our Open House, where our PS faculty, staff, and current students will be present to speak about our programs.
Friday, Nov. 12, 2021
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PS Assembly: On Reading Over Your Head with Professor Castañeda
This fall we will be offering a series of get-togethers for all students and faculty in the department. Each session will be loosely grounded in a topic that ties to the faculty's pedagogy.
Friday, Dec. 3, 2021
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PS Assembly: On Ten Theses on Pedagogy with Professor Allen Weiss
This fall we will be offering a series of get-togethers for all students and faculty in the department. Each session will be loosely grounded in a topic that ties to the faculty's pedagogy.
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021
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PS Holiday Gathering
Join your peers for a study break to make cards for folks in NYC's Meals for Wheels program and spread some holiday cheer!
Friday, Jan. 28, 2022
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PS Assembly: On Feedback with Professor Barbara Browning
On January 28th, join Professor Browning for a PS Assembly On Feedback. One of the most challenging aspects of teaching is figuring out how to give helpful feedback to students' work — particularly in the case of artistic work.
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022
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Fundamental worries about “Decolonization is not a metaphor”
Dancer, musician, and researcher Juan Felipe Miranda Medina will put forward fundamental worries about the well known piece by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang “Decolonization is not a metaphor”.
Monday, Feb. 14, 2022
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Echoes of attempts — a conversation with Ricardo Aleixo
In this informal conversation, drifting between Portuguese and English, Ricardo Aleixo will talk about his work, which happens at the intersection of poetry, performance, music, video, visual arts, and dance.
Friday, Feb. 25, 2022
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PS Assembly: On Music with Professor Fred Moten
On February 25th, join Professor Moten for a PS Assembly On Music. We will listen to a little music and talk about what it is to do so in the performance studies classroom and while doing performance studies research. Please bring something to share.
Saturday, Mar. 5, 2022
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PRAXIS, INC. 2022
PRAXIS, a special all-day Performance Studies community event, brings together current students, alumni, faculty, staff, prospective students and friends, to learn new skills, engage in important conversations, and stay connected with colleagues and peers.
Monday, Mar. 21, 2022
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Activating Communities in Performance
Our panelists, Rose Portillo, Giovanni Ortega, and Sefa Aina, will join the Department of Performance Studies in a conversation about how they activate communities through their own disciplines and positions in the community.
Friday, Apr. 15, 2022
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PS Assembly: On New York City with Professor Malik Gaines
On April 15th, join Professor Gaines for a PS Assembly On New York City. This monstrous engine, capital of capital, is a place full of humans and other people. A land of performances edged by waterways, all of its materials were in the earth before they were put in the sky.