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THE WORLD PERFORMANCE PROJECT (WPP) promotes research in performance studies across departments at Yale. An interdiscipline that draws from the arts, humanities, and human sciences (theater, drama, dance, visual arts, speech, linguistics, anthropology, sociology), performance studies defines as its objects cultural performances of all kinds, from theatrical presentations to rites of passage, and expands its frontiers anywhere significant performances are likely to take place, from Yorubaland to Disneyland.... - Read More
Affiliated Artists and Scholars
A growing number of artists and scholars participate in WPP programs, research and publications each year... - Read More
WPP in Theater Magazine
Working in coordination with Theater Magazine, the WPP is pleased to announce its most recent publication: "Think Jam: Improvisation Across Disciplines." To read the entire article, please click here.
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Best Performance Prize Awarded to the World Performance Project at Yale
WPP's 2008 collaboration with Yvonne Rainer recognized by the International Art Critics Association, US Section
The World Performance Project at Yale (WPP) has been awarded First Place in the AICA/USA BEST PERFORMANCE category for the performances of RoS Indexical (2007) and Spiraling Down (2008).
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Nameless forest - Photo by David Barreda
