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The Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) teaches performance as a mode of critical inquiry, innovation, creativity, knowledge production, and public engagement. Learn more.

Academic Programs

Department News

Philip Kan Gotanda brings new opera to UC Berkeley, Feb. 15–16

December 20, 2024

Faculty Spotlight: Jessica Berman, Voice & Dialect Coach

December 13, 2024

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Robert Goldsby, 1926–2024

December 2, 2024

TDPS opens 2024/25 season with 'Everybody' by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

September 26, 2024

Media Mentions

September 24, 2024

Sep 24

Two centuries later, performance spaces still struggle with ‘soft censorship’ (Berkeley News)

July 24, 2024

Jul 24

Professor Abigail De Kosnik on "What is lost—and gained—when Olympics coverage becomes a round-the-clock spectacle?" (Berkeley News)

July 23, 2024

Jul 23

Professor Abigail De Kosnik on "How Kamala Harris became part of Charli XCX's 'Brat' summer" (NBC News)

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