CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations

Center for World Performance Studies

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Newman Studio
Walgreen Drama Center
1226 Murfin Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Free - no tickets required

The graduate capstone presentation is a culmination of the year-long certificate program in World Performance Studies. Graduate certificate students will present their research and findings after taking an introductory performance studies course, pursuing summer research in the field and a final capstone course, bringing together theory, research, and practice. Each presentation will be roughly 30-40 minutes with Q&A for each.

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served following the presentations.

Presenters for this session:

Ginny Jiang – Chinese Dama Dancing in the Square as Collective Politics

Holly Nelson – Performing Writing: Josephine Baker’s Interwar Literary Collaborations

Brittany Pendergraft – From Ancient Greece to Yugoslavia: Was There an Epic Accent?

Eric Whitmer – Charitable Music Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Free Talk Interdisciplinary Research Scholarship North Campus