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Overview
The Graduate Group in Performance Studies at UC Berkeley provides an interdisciplinary and individually crafted curriculum directed at advanced studies in the literatures, performances, cultural contexts, and theories of performance throughout the world. Based in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, the PhD program in Performance Studies takes advantage of Berkeley’s distinguished history in the field of drama and theater studies and opens out to a wider interrogation of the disciplines and methodologies of performance studies. The program is administered by the Graduate Group in Performance Studies, composed of faculty from a wide range of related departments. Students in the Performance Studies PhD program conduct research in a diverse array of interdisciplinary methodologies, on projects spanning the fields of theater, dance, and performance studies.
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
This course is designed to introduce graduate students to the research resources of the University, to the methodologies and research interests of the faculty affiliated with the Ph.D. program, to the demands of a professional academic career, and to trends and developments in theater, dance, and performance studies. Introductory Colloquium on Interdisciplinary Research in Performance: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of colloquium per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This course is designed to provide an opportunity for graduate students to work with one another to advance their individual research projects and present their ongoing work. Research Colloquium: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of colloquium per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Part one of a two-semester core sequence on performance theory, required of first-year Performance Studies PhD students. This course focuses on the foundations of Performance Studies as a field, with special emphasis on its key philosophical and disciplinary antecedents. Topics will include the emergence of performance studies from the confluence of theater and literary studies, anthropology, art history, sociology, and cultural studies, and will include readings on central theoretical concepts such as performativity, the performance of everyday life, and the interventions of the 1990s regarding the role of performance in the formation of race, gender, sexuality, national identity, colonialism and more. Foundations in Performance Theory: Read More [+]
Objectives Outcomes
Course Objectives: To give beginning graduate students a comprehensive understanding of the antecedents, origins, and early development of Performance Studies.
Student Learning Outcomes: •
Basic literacy in the foundations and background of Performance Studies
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Beginning capacity in publishable-quality academic writing (achieved through the crafting and submission of a seminar paper, with feedback from the instructor).
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Part two of a two-semester core sequence on performance theory, required of first-year Performance Studies PhD students. This course will explore prominent contemporary debates in Performance Studies, roughly from the year 2000 to the present. Precise topics will vary by instructor, but may include theoretical investigations in corporeality, digital cultures, transnationalism/globalization, performance and economics, as well as ongoing disciplinary debates regarding race, nationality, gender and sexuality, and on the nature and social role of performance more generally. Prerequisites: 201A or consent of instructor. Current Topics in Performance Study: Read More [+]
Objectives Outcomes
Course Objectives: To ground beginning graduate students in the major contemporary debates in Performance Studies, providing them with a framework for their own research interventions.
Student Learning Outcomes: •
Knowledge of primary debates within Performance Studies
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Increasing capacity in publishable-quality academic writing (achieved through the crafting and submission of a seminar paper, with feedback from the instructor).
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Theater 201A or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2016
The study of different approaches and contemporary methodologies for analyzing performances of various kinds within their cultural and historical context. Specific methodologies can include archival research, field methods, etc. The specific focus in any one course is contingent upon the focus of the instructor. Methodologies in Performance Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Students in this course will engage in performance practice as: epistemology, methodology, and mode of research; explore the relationship between bodies, spaces, and temporality as a fundamental aspect of performance; and understand "performance as research" in Performance Studies as a field. Performance Practicum: Bodies, Space, and Time: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Topics vary from semester to semester and have included The Power of Music and Poetry in the Theater; Modern Drama and Theater, 1940 to the Present; Theaters, Tricksters, and Cultural Exchange; Art as Social Action; and The Invisible World (Process Seminar). Special Topics: Theater Arts: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Spring 2012
Meetings to be arranged, either individually or as a group to explore fields not covered in courses listed elsewhere in Dramatic Art's offerings. May be taken by students engaged in writing dissertations. Directed Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Dramatic Art and consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: A maximum of 12 units may be divided among several instructors during a semester.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
May be taken when preparing prospectus, graduate portfolio, and/or oral presentation before qualifying oral examination. May not be substituted for available seminars. Special Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 1-7.5 hours of independent study per week 10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate
Terms offered: Fall 2015
This course studies pedagogical theories and methods. It is designed to prepare graduate students to teach practice-based dance and movement courses. In class teaching exercises will be supported by readings, research projects and assignments on the subject of pedagogy. Development of professional teaching documents such as a teaching philosophy, a sample course syllabus, sample lesson plans, and self-evaluation statements are required. Pedagogy for Movement Based Classes - Graduate Level: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with advisor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of studio per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 15 hours of studio per week 8 weeks - 10 hours of studio per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms offered: Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for doctoral degree.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 15-99 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Theater, Dance, and Performance St/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Associate Professor. African American drama and theater.
Abigail T. De Kosnik, Associate Professor. Technology and Performance, Artistic Appropriation and Remix, Ethnicity, Gender, and Digital Culture, Cultural Studies, Subcultures and Fan Cultures, Marxism and Post-Structuralism. Research Profile
Julia Fawcett, Associate Professor. Restoration and 18th Century Theater and Performance, Performance Historiography, Intersections Between Literature and Performance, Autobiographical Performance, Urban Space, Celebrity, Gender, and Disability Studies. .
Peter Glazer, Associate Professor. Directing, Adaptation, Performance Theory, 20th century American Theater, Commemorative Performance.
Joe Goode, Professor. Dance, choreography.
Philip Kan Gotanda, Professor. Playwriting, Asian American theater, contemporary American drama.
Mark Griffith, Professor. Classical drama and performance, Greek and Latin literature.
Shannon Jackson, Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Arts + Design. Performance Studies, Contemporary theater, American cultural history and Performance Historiography, Adaptation.
Sansan Kwan, Associate Professor. Critical Dance Studies, Transnational Asian American Studies, Cultural Geography, Theories of Space and Kinesthesia, Interculturalism, Modern Dance, Ballet, and Yoga. Research Profile
Angela Marino, Associate Professor. Politics and performance in the Americas, Latin/o American performance and dramatic literature, popular fiesta and carnival theory. Research Profile
Alan Read, Professor. UC Berkeley Global Edge Program.
Shannon Steen, Associate Professor.
Lisa Wymore, Associate Professor. Modern dance technique, choreography.
Lecturers
Sima Belmar, Lecturer. Dance in popular film and television, US dance-theater, somatic theory and practice, performance and phenomenology, and embodied identity politics.
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