News Archive – Center for World Performance Studies

Established in 2000, CWPS originated in the International Institute before shifting to the College of Literature, Science & the Arts in 2015 as part of the University of Michigan’s Residential College, and in 2024 became a part of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Combination of two photos: a single actor and two actors perform on stage in traditional Chinese Kunqu costumes

18 Feb 2025

University of Michigan to Host Chinese Kunqu Opera Performance

29 Jan 2025

[Video] Composition by Professor Charles Lwanga Performed on Marimba in Collaboration with DMA Student Paige Madden

T. Ayo Alston drumming

07 Nov 2024

West African Drum & Dance Course Returning Winter 2025

Students seated in a row, each holding a flat drum and a mallet

19 Sep 2024

Immersion in the Lively Music and Dance of Ireland

08 Jul 2024

[Campus News] Center for World Performance Studies Recaps 2023-24 and Announces Move to SMTD

01 Apr 2024

Michael Gould to Deliver Harold Haugh Award Lecture and Recital

04 Dec 2023

Wrapping Up the Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music

Dancer performs on stage holding percussion mallets, with three drummers in background

14 Nov 2023

West African Drum & Dance course returning Winter 2024

Performers in the interactive performance Ancestral Haiku.

29 Nov 2022

SMTD Commits Support to the Center for World Performance Studies

T. Ayo Alston performs drums on stage energetically, with arms raised holding percussion mallets

14 Nov 2022

West African Drum & Dance Course: Winter 2023

Michael Gould performs on a drumset under dark stage lighting

26 Oct 2022

CWPS Director Michael Gould Receives 2023 Harold Haugh Award

10 Nov 2021

Student Spotlight: Alfredo Cabrera

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