Performing arts

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Professor Nicholas Mathew holds up a 500-year-old manuscript to a group of visiting middle school students

Middle school students explore musical treasures from special Berkeley collections

May 2, 2024

Two actors interact on stage, bathed in a reddish orange light. One actor, wearing a wedding dress and a veil, turns away from the other actor, who is facing her back and appears to be pleading with her.

Student designers build a magical realm for Brazilian folktale ‘The River Bride’

March 12, 2024

Saagar, with short dark hair and glasses, wearing a powder blue suit, holds a viola to his chin while standing in a courtyard

Berkeley Voices: Medieval song holds clues to lost dialects

March 5, 2024

Machine Dazzle, dressed in a huge wig made of bright red and a few yellow fake roses, a red, white and blue tinsel dress and long red velvety gloves with bright makeup covering his face, poses for a portrait

Meet the designer behind the out-of-this-world costumes of ‘Bark of Millions’

February 26, 2024

four dancers wearing black shirts, shorts and shoes perform a live dance in a museum gallery

Tender and aggressive: Student dancers embody Asian American Greek life

December 12, 2023

a sepia toned photo of about 100 white men in hats shaking hands and celebrating, some of whom are on top of a train.

They built the railroad. But they were left out of the American story.

November 13, 2023

artwork in a gallery: twelve wooden tepee poles painted white, steel cable, charcoal, rope, digital print on linen

‘mymothersside’: A tribute to the knowledge keepers in artist Duane Linklater’s family

October 27, 2023

Timmia Hearn DeRoy

Theater as power: New professor brings Caribbean performance practice to Berkeley

October 17, 2023

Several young dancers wearing a black leotards hold their arms out straight to either side as they practice in a well-lit gym

AileyCamp: A six-week transformative dance experience for youth

July 20, 2023

a conductor and an orchestra stand on stage

Meet Paul Flight, UC Choral Ensembles’ new director

June 26, 2023

A photo shows three colorful costumes that have been hung on mannequins for display, along with photos of the dramatic production that each costume appeared in.

UC Berkeley’s 30,000-piece costume collection offers a ‘variety of weirdness’

May 30, 2023

Several dancers in a mid-air formation

‘Something for everyone’: Cal Performances announces its expansive 2023-24 season

April 18, 2023

dancers rehearsing

Students explore Angel Island detainees’ experiences through dance

February 21, 2023

person stands behind a white table with small metal sculptures resting on it

New events for artist William Kentridge campuswide residency

February 13, 2023

an actor stands in the dark holding a lantern

New play is an ‘Indigenous story of survival through a comedic lens’

February 6, 2023

a person creates art on a wall

Berkeley Talks: Artist William Kentridge on staying open to the ‘less good’ ideas

January 27, 2023