Center for World Performance Studies
Upcoming Events
CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations
Newman StudioWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
The Graduate Certificate in World Performance Studies (GCWPS) is an interdisciplinary program for students interested in performance as an artistic and scholarly field of inquiry. Join us as three of our current Graduate Fellows present the culmination of their year-long certificate program that brings together theory, research, and practice: Paige Madden, Steel Pan in the USA: Brooklyn Panorama; David Wang, Rhythmic Roots: The Drum Set in Brazilian Samba, Batucada, and Beyond; and Lola Gallo, Trans Futures: Dissident Masculinities and the Utopian Performative in the Buenos Aires Drag King Scene.
CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations
North Quad Space 2435, 105 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Free - no tickets required
The Graduate Certificate in World Performance Studies (GCWPS) is an interdisciplinary program for students interested in performance as an artistic and scholarly field of inquiry. Join us as three of our current Graduate Fellows present the culmination of their year-long certificate program that brings together theory, research, and practice: Olivia Cirisan, Action / Habit: The Performance and Pedagogy of Balinese Gamelan; Marthe Djilo Kamga, Safari ya Moyo: My soul journey; and Rachel Richards, Japanese Marimba.
CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations
North Quad Space 2435, 105 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Free - no tickets required
The Graduate Certificate in World Performance Studies (GCWPS) is an interdisciplinary program for students interested in performance as an artistic and scholarly field of inquiry. Join us as three of our current Graduate Fellows present the culmination of their year-long certificate program that brings together theory, research, and practice: Kiana Cook, The Krump Continuum; Timothy Tsang, Voguing in Shanghai: Tracing Transnational Identity & Community; and Sunhong Kim, Community-building in Ann Arbor through Korean Drumming.
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Pamela Z & The Living Earth Show | November 2023
Autophysiopsychic Millennium | March 2023
Ancestral Haiku ft. Marion Hayden, M. Saffell Gardner, and Robin Wilson | September 2022
Guinea Sweet Suite – T. Ayo Alston/Ayodele Drum & Dance Performance at the Keene Theater | March 2022
Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral at the University of Michigan | October 2019
Anishinaabe Theater Exchange at University of Michigan | February 2019