We presently offer a Ph.D. in Culture and Performance and an M.F.A. in Dance, with an emphasis on choreography. Although each of these degree programs are organized around a set of required courses, the department as a whole emphasizes possibilities for interdisciplinary 'cross-over' between scholarship and creative practice.

Areas of Study

Ph.D. in Culture and Performance

Culture and Performance Program

2018-2019 CAP Handbook

2018-2019 TA Handbook

Master of Fine Arts in Dance

2018-2019 MFA Handbook

2018-2019 TA Handbook

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Theater of the Oppressed for Racial Justice

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Culture Fix with Saroya Corbett

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RE:CONFIGURE Senior Projects Showcase

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RE:CONFIGURE Senior Projects Showcase

WACD alum Meena Murugesan wins Bessie Award

WACD alum Meena Murugesan wins Bessie Award

Bessie Awards -The New York Dance and Performance Awards OUTSTANDING VISUAL DESIGN: Mimi Lien, Peiy...

Lula Washington on KCET

Lula Washington on KCET

For Lula and Erwin Washington, the Lula Washington Dance Theatre is more than just a building or st...

Shweta Saraswat joins ACTA

Shweta Saraswat joins ACTA

After National Search, ACTA Welcomes Three Exceptional Staff Members. Not often does a small organi...

Jade Robertson TEDxTalks

Jade Robertson TEDxTalks

Dance is my ministry | Jade Robertson | TEDxUCLA What would the world look like if we all became ch...

Shamell Bell TEDxTalks

Shamell Bell TEDxTalks

Becoming a lighthouse: co-choreographing our movements | Shamell Bell | TEDxUCLA How does dance rev...

Nia Love

Nia Love

Nia Love featured in Dance Magazine's "Meet the Black Women Who Paved the Way for Postmodern Dance ...

Maya Zellman

Maya Zellman

Meet Maya Zellman (WACD BA 2005) of Maya’s Brigadeiro Brazilian Sweets in Sherman Oaks featured i...

Elyan Hill - Ghana

Elyan Hill - Ghana

This past summer from August 9-13th a couple of WAC/D students and a student who graduated from the...

Jeremy Peretz - AAA Prize

Jeremy Peretz - AAA Prize

One of our great Culture and Performance PhD students, Jeremy Peretz, has just won second pri...

Dr. Neelima Jeychandran - Indian Ocean

Dr. Neelima Jeychandran - Indian Ocean

Recent Culture and Performance PhD, Dr. Neelima Jeychandran, will participate in the UCLA Fowl...

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Wed Apr 24 @ 7:00PM
Theater of the Oppressed for Racial Justice

Fri Apr 26 @12:00PM
Culture Fix with Saroya Corbett

Thu May 16 @ 7:00PM
RE:CONFIGURE Senior Projects Showcase

Fri May 17 @ 3:00PM
RE:CONFIGURE Senior Projects Showcase

WACD alum Meena Murugesan wins Bessie Award

WACD alum Meena Murugesan wins Bessie Award

Bessie Awards -The New York Dance and Performance Awards OUTSTANDING VISUAL DESIGN: Mimi Lien, Peiy...

Lula Washington on KCET

Lula Washington on KCET

For Lula and Erwin Washington, the Lula Washington Dance Theatre is more than just a building or st...

Shweta Saraswat joins ACTA

Shweta Saraswat joins ACTA

After National Search, ACTA Welcomes Three Exceptional Staff Members. Not often does a small organi...

Jade Robertson TEDxTalks

Jade Robertson TEDxTalks

Dance is my ministry | Jade Robertson | TEDxUCLA What would the world look like if we all became ch...

Shamell Bell TEDxTalks

Shamell Bell TEDxTalks

Becoming a lighthouse: co-choreographing our movements | Shamell Bell | TEDxUCLA How does dance rev...

Nia Love

Nia Love

Nia Love featured in Dance Magazine's "Meet the Black Women Who Paved the Way for Postmodern Dance ...

Maya Zellman

Maya Zellman

Meet Maya Zellman (WACD BA 2005) of Maya’s Brigadeiro Brazilian Sweets in Sherman Oaks featured i...

Elyan Hill - Ghana

Elyan Hill - Ghana

This past summer from August 9-13th a couple of WAC/D students and a student who graduated from the...

Jeremy Peretz - AAA Prize

Jeremy Peretz - AAA Prize

One of our great Culture and Performance PhD students, Jeremy Peretz, has just won second pri...

Dr. Neelima Jeychandran - Indian Ocean

Dr. Neelima Jeychandran - Indian Ocean

Recent Culture and Performance PhD, Dr. Neelima Jeychandran, will participate in the UCLA Fowl...

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Box 951608 150 Kaufman Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1608
Tel 310.825.3951
Email: wacinfo@arts.ucla.edu

UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance acknowledges the Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and are grateful to have the opportunity to work for the taraaxatom (indigenous peoples) in this place. As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to Honuukvetam (Ancestors), Ahiihirom (Elders), and eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging."