Guest artists and scholars share insights into their current work and research, provide guidance on current industry practices, and connect students with professional opportunities.
In 2018–2019 academic year, TDPS welcomed more than 30 guest artists and scholars in our classrooms, studios, and labs. Many of these visits were supported by the Shelly Osborne Guest Artist Fund. We are extremely grateful for this ongoing support that enables us to introduce students to a wide variety of professionals in performing arts and performance studies.
If you are interested in supporting guest artists and scholars, please contact Prof. Lisa Wymore, Department Chair, at lisawymore@berkeley.edu
Upcoming Visitors
Miguel Gutierrez is a choreographer, composer, performer, singer, writer, educator and advocate who has lived in New York for over twenty years. He is fascinated by the time-based nature of performance and how it creates an ideal frame for phenomenological questions around presence and meaning-making. His work proposes an immersive state, for performer and audience alike, where attention itself becomes an elastic material. He believes in an approach to art making that is fierce, fragile, empathetic, political, and irreverent.
2019–2020 Visitors
Philip Agyapong
Afro-Pop Dance Instructor
José Francisco Barroso
Afro-Cuban Dance Instructor
Gerald Casel
Choreographer & Dance Researcher
Melecio Estrella
Co-founder & Director of Bay Area Dance Theater Group, Fog Beast
Diane Ferlatte
Grammy Nominated Storyteller
Lenora Lee
Dancer, Choreographer, Artistic Director
Eric Ting
Obie Award-Winning Director, Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater
