Overview
About the program
The Ph.D. program’s explicit focus on dance studies and large concentration of Critical Dance Studies faculty distinguish it from doctoral programs in performance studies, theater studies, and cultural studies. At the same time, the program is committed to interdisciplinary models of dance scholarship that draw on a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches.
In their scholarship, Critical Dance Studies faculty engage with critical race theory, feminist studies, gender and sexuality studies, political economy, and performance studies. They employ methods including embodied research, choreographic analysis, oral history, dance ethnography, critical theory, and archival studies.
Faculty research at the University of California, Riverside continually expands the field of Dance Studies while also contributing to fields such as American Studies, African American Studies, Latin American Studies, Hip Hop Studies, Indigenous and Decolonial Studies, as well as South Asian and South Asian Diaspora Studies.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Graduate Study of Dance
- Political Approaches to Dance Studies
- Historical Approaches to Dance Studies
- Rhetorical Approaches to Dance Studies
- Cultural Approaches to Dance Studies
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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- January 5 to be competitive for fellowships
Language
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Disciplines
Dance View 4 other PhDs in Dance in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Student insurance
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- Accidents
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Statement of Purpose (~ 1-2 single spaced pages)
- Statement of Personal History (~ 1-2 single spaced pages)
- Submit a writing sample that best exemplifies your preparedness to undertake doctoral research in Critical Dance Studies. If you choose, you may submit more than one writing sample up to 25 pages, with at least one full length paper of 8-10 pages.
- Three letters of recommendation and university transcripts. Letters that testify to your academic preparedness are preferred.
- Applications will be reviewed on the basis of clarity of ideas, creativity in thinking, preparedness for the project, strength of the letters of recommendation, and overall fit in the program.
Tuition Fee
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International
19048 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9524 USD per semester during 72 months. -
National
19048 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9524 USD per semester during 72 months. -
In-State
8980 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4490 USD per semester during 72 months.
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Scholarships Information
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