UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance

WACD
WORLD ARTS AND CULTURES/DANCE—the name itself expresses a commitment to cross-cultural understanding through the arts.
World Arts Field Studies
Our student engage in intensive explorations of diverse communities, locally, nationally, and internationally.
Art | Global Health Center at UCLA
Founded in 2006, the Art | Global Health Center at UCLA seeks to nurture a global network of artists, advocates and experts working in the realm of public health.
MFA in Dance
The MFA in Dance offers opportunities to engage multiple movement practices as students work on pioneering research in the form of new choreography.
MA/PhD in Culture and Performance
WACD emphasizes interdisciplinary and intercultural research on performance and creativity.

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UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Presents moving/still An Evening of Dance and Film by the Senior Projects Class At Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater, UCLA
Saturday, May 18 at 8:00 PM& Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 3:00 PM LOS ANGELES, CA – The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance presents moving/still, the department’s annual senior project showcase, with two performances on Saturday and Sunday, May...
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Check out this terrific article on the Post Natyam Collective from the recent issue of American Theater Magazine. The Post Natyam Collective is composed entirely of UCLA WACD alumnae. For the full story click here: http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/issue/featuredstory.cfm?story=4&indexID=29
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In Summer, visiting students from everywhere join UCLA students for an exceptional academic and cultural experience. With a simple registration process, UCLA and visiting students from California and the rest of the world can enroll directly in UCLA courses. Here is a list of classes and institutes from the Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance. UCLA SUMMER SESSION A – June 24- August 2, 2013** In the Department of World Arts &...
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Daring to be Dumbo David Rousseve’s premiere (on May 10) of "Daring to be Dumbo" is a re-imagining of the original set...

Emily Beattie shadowline Emily Beattie, is a 2012-2013 Visiting Artist at Brown University in Department of Theatre Arts and ...

Anderson Awarded Fellowship UCLA WACD Ph.D. candidate Samuel M. Anderson awarded Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship. WOODROW WILS...

2013 CORD/DUC Conference @ UCLA April 19-21, 2013 Tactical Bodies: The Choreography of Dancing Subjects is a joint conference of the...

UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
150 Kaufman Hall 120 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1608
Tel 310.825.3951