Theater, Dance & Media, Harvard University

Theater, Dance & Media, Harvard University Harvard's newest concentration focusing on theory and practice in theater, dance and media

Harvard's newest concentration focusing on the intersections of theory and practice in the areas of theater, dance, and media.

In this talk, Miguel Gutierrez will discuss the development of his choreographic work and the tension between visual rep...
10/07/2025

In this talk, Miguel Gutierrez will discuss the development of his choreographic work and the tension between visual representation and affect. He will focus on how he approaches archive, reconstruction, intentional corruption, multi-directionality and melodrama in his work, particularly in his recent performance Super Nothing.

More info & RSVP: https://tdm.fas.harvard.edu/event/perspectives-performance-miguel-gutierrez?occ_id=0

About Miguel Gutierrez:

Miguel Gutierrez (he/him) is an artist and educator living between Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, NY and Tovaangar/Los Angeles. Recent performance work includes Super Nothing, a dance blueprint for q***r survival developed through the Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist program at New York Live Arts, and sueño, his music project of original songs. His work has been presented internationally for over twenty years in venues such as Festival D’Automne in Paris, REDCAT, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Festival Universitario in Colombia, and as a selected artist in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. His writing has appeared in BOMB online, Small Press Traffic’s The Back Room, InDance, and most recently in S***S anthology from Dopamine Press and in Entanglements, a monograph on work by collaborative artists Luke George and Daniel Kok. His podcast, Are You For Sale? examines the ethical entanglement between dance making and funding. www.miguelgutierrez.org

We had a packed house at our recent Perspectives on Performance! Chloë Bass gave a riveting presentation, which was part...
10/06/2025

We had a packed house at our recent Perspectives on Performance! Chloë Bass gave a riveting presentation, which was part artist talk and part lecture-performance. Here she is pictured giving her talk, entitled "Swim Parallel to the Shore: Performing at the End of Empire," and posing for a photo with TDM Artistic Producer James Stanley and TDM Chair David Levine.

Announcing the TDM Fall Dance Production: LoopholesLoopholes is an anthology of new dance works, created by the students...
10/02/2025

Announcing the TDM Fall Dance Production: Loopholes

Loopholes is an anthology of new dance works, created by the students of TDM 90CR, exploring culture, conflict, and carbohydrates. Prompted by visiting lecturers Ali Kenner Brodsky and Andy Russ to consider the dancing body in the digital world, Judy Epstein ‘27, Crystal Manyloun ‘26, Matondo Mihalache ‘29, Salem Shubash ‘29, and Izzy Wilson ‘26 have created a multi-course, multimedia spectacle that interweaves strands of live performance, projected video, and hybrid experimentation.

Friday, November 14 at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 15 at 2pm
Saturday, November 15 at 7:30pm

Harvard Dance Center Studio 1, 66 Garden Street

Sophomores, concentration declaration is almost here! At this info session, learn about the steps you need to take to co...
09/24/2025

Sophomores, concentration declaration is almost here! At this info session, learn about the steps you need to take to concentrate in Theater, Dance & Media and ask all your questions about our requirements. Snacks will be provided! RSVP by emailing tdmdus [at] fas.harvard.edu.

We’ve got some exciting faculty news today! Associate Senior Lecturer Phillip Howze has joined the board of directors of...
09/23/2025

We’ve got some exciting faculty news today! Associate Senior Lecturer Phillip Howze has joined the board of directors of MacDowell, one of the country's longest-running artist residencies. Since its founding, MacDowell has provided crucial time and space to more than 9,000 artists. This residency is where Thornton Wilder wrote “Our Town”, James Baldwin wrote his first novel “Giovanni’s Room”, and Audre Lorde wrote her iconic biography “Zami: A New Spelling of My Name.” Congratulations Phillip!

What does public art do when public culture feels increasingly at odds with daily living? Part artist talk, part lecture...
09/23/2025

What does public art do when public culture feels increasingly at odds with daily living? Part artist talk, part lecture-performance, this presentation by artist Chloë Bass considers artistic work in the contemporary public realm using two conceits: first, what it means to think of objects through the scale of the human body, and as a stand-in for potential emotional action; and second, what happens when we consider the presentation of static artworks as a form of rehearsal.

More info & RSVP at the link in bio.

About Chloë Bass:

Chloë Bass is a multiform conceptual artist working in performance, situation, conversation, publication, and installation. Her work uses daily life as a site of deep research to address scales of intimacy: where patterns hold and break as group sizes expand. She is currently working on Since feeling is first (2023 – ongoing), a series of works examining intimacy at the scale of the courtroom and the law. Her projects have appeared nationally and internationally, including recent projects with Creative Time, the Buffalo AKG, Skirball Cultural Center, California African-American Museum / Art + Practice, Henry Art Gallery, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Mass MoCA, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, BAK basis voor actuele kunst, The Kitchen, and The Brooklyn Museum. You can learn more about her at chloebass.com.

TDM 157PL: Backstage Blueprint recently welcomed Ryan Kane (via zoom) and Lilian McGrail from the stage management team ...
09/22/2025

TDM 157PL: Backstage Blueprint recently welcomed Ryan Kane (via zoom) and Lilian McGrail from the stage management team of Oh, Mary! on Broadway. Thank you so much to these wonderful guests for sharing their expertise with our students!

Photo Credit: Chaelon Simpson

Last Friday, we celebrated the beginning of another exciting school year at our TDM Ice Cream Social! Students, faculty,...
09/19/2025

Last Friday, we celebrated the beginning of another exciting school year at our TDM Ice Cream Social! Students, faculty, and staff gathered together at 1280 Mass Ave to enjoy sweet treats and good company at this annual TDM tradition.

Emerging Ideas on Art and Society invites an artist, a thinker, or a critic to come and share their doubts, questions, i...
09/11/2025

Emerging Ideas on Art and Society invites an artist, a thinker, or a critic to come and share their doubts, questions, incomplete thoughts, and challenges about what art and society are today. Over dinner, a small group of students and faculty have an informal but intense conversation with the guest. A short text will be shared in advance to inform the conversation.

This conversation's guest is Rubén Ortiz Torres, a Mexican-born artist who has been living and working in Los Angeles since 1990. Ortiz-Torres is widely regarded as one of today's leading Mexican artists and as an innovator in the 1980s of a specifically Mexican form of postmodernism. Over the past ten years, he has produced a body of work in a wide range of media -- extended series of photographs, series of altered readymades, a feature film, several videos (including three in 3D), large scale video installations, major painting series, sculptures, customized cars and machines, photocollages, performances and curated exhibitions. Since 1982, Ortiz-Torres's work has been featured in 25 solo exhibitions, over 100 group shows in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and more than 50 screenings of his films and video works.

Welcome back to an exciting new year! We are so happy to have new and returning faculty and students filling our classro...
09/04/2025

Welcome back to an exciting new year! We are so happy to have new and returning faculty and students filling our classrooms and studios again and we cannot wait to see the artistry and inquiry that’s explored this year. Throughout the year, we’ll be looking back at a DECADE of achievements, milestones, and memories. Each month, our newsletter and social media channels will feature special highlights, stories, and surprises to mark this incredible journey. Join us as we celebrate the people, projects, and progress that have shaped TDM over the past ten years. Thank you for being a part of our community and we hope you enjoy the first installment, 10 Years of TDM in 10 Numbers!

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