#  News & Events 

 



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A cornerstone of TDM’s mission is to provide concentrators and TDM students with direct exposure to leading artists in the fields of theater, dance and performance-based media. In addition to the [Production Studios](/current-productions) led by teams of professional artists, TDM hosts artist talks, workshops, class visits, small group discussions, and intimate performances. By attending these events, students learn about not only the ideas and aesthetics driving so much of contemporary performance, but also the nuts and bolts of how artists make their work and how they build careers in their respective fields.



 

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###    Artist Talks, Master Classes, Workshops  expand\_more  

 

 These one-off events range from public talks and panel discussions to intimate, hands-on workshops with artists. Previous guests include dancer and choreographer [Shamel Pitts](https://shamelpitts.com/), puppet artist [Kate Brehm](https://www.katebrehm.com/#intro), playwrights [Heidi Schreck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Schreck) and [Young Jean Lee](https://youngjeanlee.org/), and director and teacher [Rodney Cottier](https://www.lamda.ac.uk/rodney_cottier). Open to the Harvard community.



 

 

 



###    Perspectives on Performance  expand\_more  

 

 Perspectives on Performance is a series that invites prominent artists and academics working at the edges of their disciplines to speak about their work in and on interdisciplinary performance. Past talks have included theatre critic [Helen Shaw](https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/helen-shaw) on the joy of theatre criticism; podcaster and radio producer [Avery Trufelman](https://www.averytrufelman.com/) on performance of the everyday; curator and art historian [Megan Metcalf](https://www.artcenter.edu/about/get-to-know-artcenter/people/detail.html?breadcrumb=565f1aae4d9b6fce4bd8c5f2&accdID=0347869) on 1960s dance in the contemporary art museum; and documentarian [Alison S.M. Kobayashi](https://www.instagram.com/asmkobayashi) on archival performance. Open to all.



 

 

 



###    Career Chats  expand\_more  

 

Students learn from recent graduates and seasoned professionals about how to navigate careers in theater, dance, and media. Past topics have included audition techniques, graduate programs, working in different cities, and producing your own artistic work. Open to Harvard students.

 

 

 



###    HUCA Salons: Emerging Ideas on Art and Society  expand\_more  

Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA) presents Emerging Ideas on Art and Society, which 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. A small group of students and faculty will gather to have an informal but intense conversation with the guest. While we expect active interventions, the guest leads the dramaturgy of the event with the questions they bring to the table that day.

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

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