Performance studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that teaches the development of performance skills and uses performance as a lens and a tool to study the world.

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We locate performance in the artistic work of theatre, dance, music, live art, and museum exhibits, which we study to better understand their worldmaking capacity.

Performance studies is an interdisciplinary field of research that draws from the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts.

May 4, 2022 · This rigorous, strongly interdisciplinary program encourages students to develop original dissertation research that explores and questions the artistic, social, and political …

What is Performance Studies?, however, is much more than a collection of video interviews; its format as a Scalar digital book allows for the multiplicity of voices to form an argument about …

Performance Studies: An Introduction is the definitive overview for undergraduates at all levels and beginning graduate students in performance studies, the performing arts, and cultural …