加州大学-伯克利

Within the Department of Dance and Performance Studies curriculum, we understand performance to be a mode of critical inquiry and research, a means of a creative expression, and a vehicle for public engagement. We engage with dance on physical, intellectual and aesthetic levels. It is our hope that dancers not only grow as performers, but also as artists, thinkers, makers, viewers, and participants.

The dance training and academic courses offered by our department are intense and geared toward the student who is interested in learning about dance and performance from multiple perspectives. As either a major or minor in Dance and Performance Studies, you will study with faculty known nationally and internationally for their scholarly research and their creative work. Many students have gone on to graduate study in various fields and are currently teaching in universities across the country. Others have applied their training to diverse professions ranging from health care to education; nonprofit administration to business.

Learning Goals for the Major

• By the end of their time in D&PS, beyond TDPS goals, students should possess the following:
• Ability to synthesize a well-organized argument from textual or other evidence and to express it in formal, written form.
• Proficiency in research methods (i.e., utilization of public and private archives, libraries, electronic databases, oral histories; textual and performance analysis).
• Collaborative skills.
• Foundational stagecraft and production skills and knowledge (e.g., design, craft and technology, stage management, and new media).
• Literacy in foundational dramatic texts and fundamental concepts of performance theory.
• Basic history of Euro-American dance practice, including issues of race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism in the performing arts.

Honors Program

Majors in the Department of Dance and Performance Studies with an overall GPA of 3.3 in the University may, with the approval of the department, apply to complete an honors project. There are two types of honors projects:

Written-Only Thesis

Written Honors Essay and Production