Masters in Dance in UK

This MA Dance programme is designed to build your knowledge and skills of creative dance practices, and will appeal to entrepreneurial dance artists who are keen to develop their own practice. As part of the School of Music and Performing Arts the course sits within a dynamic, artistic community of learners and at the programme’s heart is the creation and exploration of new work and creative ideas. There is an emphasis on supporting you to work with artists both within, and beyond the discipline, as well as working with different live and digital ‘sites’ as potential performance arenas. This approach aims to develop dance graduates who can be versatile and confident in managing a range of complex and dynamic scenarios.


 The programme is delivered through a series of weekly practical workshops, lectures and seminars that allow you to explore your ideas and how these intersect with the ideas of others. Portfolio building forms an essential taught element of the course alongside individual enquiry into.



self-selected areas of the profession. Developing an understanding of the demands and trends of the dancerelated workplace is a key feature of the programme. The course is designed to support flexible, independent study, which allows those already working in the field to be able to continue with their practice.

• Narrative Development and Dramaturgy – the outside eye
• Role/involvement of the audience in a work (the fourth wall and when/how/what happens when you break it)
• The unique challenges of making work for indoor and outdoor contexts
• Funding landscape and opportunities
• Partnerships – who to develop them with and how to establish them
• Developing commissions
  • Basics of health and safety in relation to the field (safe working practices/risk assessments/rigging)

This MA Choreography by Independent Research degree offers Higher Education study to professionals wanting to compete a research focused qualification, who may not wish to engage with a taught programme. This flexible course will be of interest to established and mid-career artists regionally, nationally and internationally.

You will have the opportunity to validate your independent choreographic research through accreditation of prior standing, the completion of a Reflective practice module (which can be taught through evening and or weekend sessions), and a Dissertation project.