150 Kaufman Hall
120 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-825-3951
www.wacd.ucla.edu
34.07289513,-118.4440975
About
World Arts and Cultures/Dance--the name itself expresses a commitment to cross-cultural understanding through the arts. By looking to world arts, the department seeks to decenter Western perspectives by recognizing that visual and performance arts and other ways of knowing are situated locally and often made and distributed globally. WACD faculty members are interlocutors in dialogues about the frictions and flows implicated by the department's name. As such, WACD is defined by a dynamic interdisciplinary approach that encourages intercultural literacies and repertoires, including and transcending geography, ethnicity, class, and other distinctions of identity. WACD is designed for self-motivated students who want to study the arts in global and local contexts. An internationally renowned faculty provides fresh approaches to arts scholarship and arts practice. Inclusivity is our goal. Students are encouraged to take advantage of resources across campus and in greater Los Angeles, even as they learn from each other.
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What's Here
Kaufman Hall