Spring 2022 Events

ECHOES OF ATTEMPTS — A CONVERSATION WITH RICARDO ALEIXO

In this informal conversation, drifting between Portuguese and English, Ricardo Aleixo talked about his work, which happens at the intersection of poetry, performance, music, video, visual arts, and dance.

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PRAXIS, INC: 2022

PRAXIS, a special all-day Performance Studies community event, brings together current students, alumni, faculty, staff, prospective students and friends, to learn new skills, engage in important conversations, and stay connected with colleagues and peers.

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Fundamental worries about “Decolonization is not a metaphor”

Dancer, musician, and researcher Juan Felipe Miranda Medina put forward fundamental worries about the well known piece by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang “Decolonization is not a metaphor”.

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Activating Communities in Performance

Our panelists, Rose Portillo, Giovanni Ortega, and Sefa Aina, joined the Department of Performance Studies in a conversation about how they activate communities through their own disciplines and positions in the community.

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Book launch! The Florida Room by Associate Professor Alexandra Vazquez

The Department of Performance Studies celebrated Associate Professor Alexandra Vazquez and the launch of her new book!

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6th Annual Curating Symposium

Each year PS organizes a day-long symposium drawing expertise from other NYU departments, visiting artists, and curators in New York City art institutions, to highlight the many aspects of performance curation.

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"Durations" A Book Talk with Ted Pearson

Professor Fred Moten was in conversation with Ted Pearson and Lyn Hejinian about Ted's new book of poems, Durations.

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