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Theater and Performance Studies supports innovative work at the intersection of theory and practice across a broad spectrum of disciplines. The University of Chicago’s undergraduate and graduate programs in TAPS stand out for the intellectual commitment they demand, the interdisciplinary perspective they require, and the extraordinary collaborative opportunities they provide with theater, dance, and performance companies in Chicago, across the country, and around the world. Notable Alumni Include: Faculty Info: Philip Bohlman (Music) Seth Brodsky (Music) Thomas Christensen (Music) Leslie Buxbaum Danzig (TAPS, Director of Undergraduate Studies) Martha Feldman (Music) Ariel Fox (East Asian Languages and Civilizations) Theaster Gates (Visual Arts) Berthold Hoeckner (Music) Matthew Jesse Jackson (Visual Arts & Art History) Loren Kruger (English & Comparative Literature) David J. Levin (Germanic Studies & Cinema and Media Studies) Agnes Lugo-Ortiz (Romance Languages and Literatures) John Muse (English, TAPS Director of Graduate Studies) Ellen MacKay Chair (English) Sarah Nooter (Classics) Larry Norman (Romance Languages and Literatures) William Pope.L (Visual Arts) Tina Post (English) Steven Rings (Music) Danielle Roper (Romance Languages and Literatures, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture) Rocco Rubini (Romance Languages and Literatures) Catherine Sullivan (Visual Arts) Christopher Wild (Germanic Studies) Judith Zeitlin (East Asian Languages and Civilizations) Related Articles
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