Courses

Examines the current range of contemporary scholarship that employs performance as a tool for analyzing cultural processes. Inherently interdisciplinary in scope, the seminar engages with recent performance studies scholarship and its intersections with critical race theory, historiography, cultural studies, museum studies, technology studies, and popular culture.

This course is designed to give graduate students applied, professionally-oriented work experience in a field related to one of the program's fields of specialization and/or the student's research areas. Note: This course is graded on a pass/fail basis.

This course is designed to give graduate students applied, professionally-oriented work experience in a field related to one of the program's fields of specialization and/or the student's research areas. Note: This course is graded on a pass/fail basis.

This course is designed to give graduate students applied, professionally-oriented work experience in a field related to one of the program's fields of specialization and/or the student's research areas. Note: This course is graded on a pass/fail basis.

This course is designed to give graduate students applied, professionally-oriented work experience in a field related to one of the program's fields of specialization and/or the student's research areas. Note: This course is graded on a pass/fail basis.

This course discusses research approaches, pedagogical strategies, and various aspects of professional development within theatre and performance studies. This course is required for and only open to Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies MA students and first-year PhD students.

Sustainable Design in Performance prepares students to tackle issues of sustainability in theatrical and related artistic practice. Students will build their literacy in contemporary sustainable thinking, environmental/climate issues, emerging models of creation, pedagogy, and community stakeholder engagement through a combination of research, modelling and field work as strategic change agents in professional settings.

Explores major figures and artworks that have defined performance art as a genre. This course examines a range of interdisciplinary practices that fall under the rubric of performance, including solo shows, installations, photographic portraiture, happenings, site-specific performance, and stand-up comedy.

An overview of the field of performance ethnography from interdisciplinary perspectives bridging performance studies, anthropology, cultural studies, sociology and communication studies. Main approaches to performance ethnography will be examined, including performance as ethnographic representation, performance as collaborative ethnographic research methodology, and pedagogical applications of performance ethnography. The seminar involves the study of performance ethnography texts, performances, and practical exercises.

This course is intended to provide graduate students with unique opportunities to study with a range of visiting artists and scholars in applied research areas. This course is expected to be offered each summer and changes each year.

This course is an opportunity for advanced research and in-depth reading in advanced aspects of theatre studies including but not limited to postcolonial theatre and drama, theory and performance studies and theatre, health and social change.

This course is an opportunity for advanced research and in-depth reading in advanced aspects of theatre studies including but not limited to postcolonial theatre and drama, theory and performance studies and theatre, health and social change.

This course is an opportunity for advanced research and in-depth reading in advanced aspects of theatre studies including but not limited to postcolonial theatre and drama, theory and performance studies and theatre, health and social change.

This course is an opportunity for advanced research and in-depth reading in advanced aspects of theatre studies including but not limited to postcolonial theatre and drama, theory and performance studies and theatre, health and social change.

This course is an opportunity for advanced research and in-depth reading in advanced aspects of theatre studies including but not limited to postcolonial theatre and drama, theory and performance studies and theatre, health and social change.