Our four innovative degree programs are devoted to academic and artistic excellence, diversity, freedom of expression, activism, and social transformation through the arts.
We integrate composition, training, and improvisation, while challenging students to locate dance culturally, politically, and historically.
We emphasize studies in arts activism, visual cultures, and critical ethnographies. Theory and practice emerge from culturally diverse artistic expressions.
We promote adventurous choreographic experimentation while engaging with global discourses around the body and performance.
We foreground interdisciplinary research that builds on and contributes to theories of corporeality, performance, visuality, and culture.
Our faculty and students are committed to promoting positive social change through interdisciplinary modes of investigation that address the complex cultural and artistic issues in our multi-layered contemporary world.
Dean Steele welcomes Prof. Alex Ungprateeb Flynn to WACD
How arts, culture and entertainment will evolve as they recover from the pandemic — and how they will help society heal.
Dr. Anurima Banerji wins award for "Dancing Odissi: Paratopic Performances of Gender and State"
The Gold Shield Faculty Prize, offered by Gold Shield Alumnae of UCLA, annually provides an unrestricted $30,000 award to an exceptional mid-career full professor who has a distinguished record of undergraduate teaching, research and University service.
This year’s cohort combines scholarship, teaching and social justice
Auntie Sewing Squad makes masks for at-risk and underserved communities
Professor Bryonn Bain emcees a day of TED Talks at Sing Sing Prison
Statement of Support for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality
Tamica Washington-Miller BA '95
Jade Charon MFA '18 receives fellowship at Jacob's Pillow
