Clover Zou

Clover Zou is a New York–based artist and senior at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Working between performance, curation, and media, her practice explores the body as a site of memory, ritual, and transformation. Trained as a dancer and shaped by both Eastern and Western artistic contexts, she is interested in how movement, breath, and space can articulate what remains unspoken.

In addition to her creative work, Clover has gained extensive experience in film development and cultural production in mainland China and Hong Kong, during which she has approached storytelling from both artistic and industry perspectives. She views storytelling as a relational process that closely connects the body, the audience, and the environment through artistic expression and strategic thinking.

Why Performance Studies?
I chose to study Performance Studies because it offered a way to understand the body not only as a performer, but as a site where meaning, memory, and culture are continuously produced. Coming from a background in dance, I was already interested in movement as expression, but Performance Studies expanded this into a critical and interdisciplinary inquiry that connecting embodiment with space, politics, and audience experience.

Performance is not limited to the stage, but exists in everyday life. Studying Performance Studies has allowed me to bridge creative practice with theoretical thinking, shaping both my artistic work and my approach to storytelling.

Education
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Bachelor of Arts in Performance Studies, expected May 2026
Minor: Dance, Producing