PS M.A. Alum Allen Baylosis Awarded Writing Fellowship and José Esteban Muñoz First-Time Presentation Award

Tuesday, Nov 21, 2023

PS M.A. Alum Allen Baylosis Awarded Writing Fellowship and José Esteban Muñoz First-Time Presentation Award

PS Ph.D. Candidate Zac Easterling discusses published work at book launch and roundtable event

Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023

Performance Studies Ph.D. candidate, Zac Easterling, has co-authored a chapter that will appear in the upcoming edition of Boxing, Narrative and Cultlure: Cricial Perspectives. To celebrate the launch, join Zac and co-author Nolan Hanson, for a virutal book launch and online roundtable!

PS Ph.D. Alum Megan Nicely Publishes Book

Monday, Nov 6, 2023

This book is about dance’s relationship to language. It investigates how dance bodies work with the micromovements elicited by language’s affective forces, and the micropolitics of the thought-sensations that arise when movement and words accompany one another within choreographic contexts.

PS M.A. Alum Nikki Davis' New Play To Premiere This November

Wednesday, Nov 1, 2023

The Abbey Theater of Dublin, Ohio will present the world premiere production of "Women Who Know: A Witch Play," an original work co-researched, written, and directed by Nikki Kendra Davis (M.A. '21) and creative partner Cassandra Gress.

Richard Schechner elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Wednesday, Apr 26, 2023

Performance Studies and University Professor Emeritus and Editor of The Drama Review, Richard Schechner has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Performance Studies Students Receive GSAS Summer Fellowships

Friday, Apr 14, 2023

Congratulations to the Performance Studies Ph.D. students who have recieved 2023 GSAS Summer Fellowships!

PS Alum Richard Move awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship

Thursday, Apr 13, 2023

Move is an assistant arts professor in Dance and has received choreographic commissions that include productions for Mikhail Baryshnikov and the White Oak Dance Project, two works for the Martha Graham Dance Company, and a solo for New York City Ballet Principal, Heléne Alexopoulos.

PS Ph.D. Candidate Zac Easterling awarded NYU Alpine Fellowship

Thursday, Apr 6, 2023

Performance Studies Ph.D. Candidate Zac Easterling has been awarded the NYU Alpine Fellowship. The Alpine Fellowship supports students who are dedicated to exploring cross-disciplinary questions of the contemporary age.

PS Ph.D. Candidate Kristen Holfeuer awarded Dean's Dissertation Fellowship

Wednesday, Apr 5, 2023

Performance Studies Ph.D. candidate Kristen Holfeur has been awarded a GSAS Dean's Dissertation Fellowship.

PS Ph.D. Candidate Yasmeen Chism Awarded Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Tuesday, Apr 4, 2023

Performance Studies Ph.D. Candidate Yasmeen Chism has been awarded a 2023 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship.