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Performance Studies

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Profile of the Performance Studies Programme

  • Integration of theory and practice, art and research in the framework of university education
  • Interweaving of artistic and academic research
  • Interdisciplinary studies in the subject areas of dance and movement studies, theatre research and theatre pedagogy
  • Studies with an international orientation, involving many international universities and colleges
  • Project-orientated collaboration with national and international institutions of contemporary performance art (e.g. HAU Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien (Vienna), Performing Arts Forum France)
  • Close cooperation with cultural institutions, in particular with Kampnagel, K3-Zentrum für Choreographie, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Fundus-Theater
  • Continuous collaboration with Hamburg-based artists
  • Connection to research projects and research clusters at the University of Hamburg (e.g. the Research Centre for Media and Communication , the Graduate School Media and Communication, the research cluster “Heterogeneity and Education” and the research group the” New Collectivities”).
  • Numerous events (e.g. international and national conferences, conventions, congresses and symposia, lectures, summer academies and theatre camps)