Dance Performance and Choreography MA

Are you an undergraduate dance or performing arts student who dreams of taking your professional performance and creative practice to the next level? Then this performance-based programme is designed with you in mind.

This exceptional course will enhance your skills across artistic academic educational and community contexts offering you the opportunity for professional-level repertory performance practice along with membership of The Ensemble our postgraduate university dance company. The programme also offers a truly global perspective with students and choreographers from around the world bringing a wealth of ideas and diversity.

Units include repertory and performance; choreographic and dance research; somatic practice; and dance psychology. The emphasis is on the health of mind and body through dance practice and includes contemporary dance yoga improvisation fusion styles and dance science.

• Postgraduate certificate 60 credits at Masters level
• Postgraduate diploma - 120 credits at Masters level

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Why choose this course?

• Gain high-level practical professional and theoretical skills in performance and/or choreographic practice
• Work with a dynamic experienced team of tutors with internationally significant experience as academics practice-led researchers and dance artists
• Our recent choreographers include Julia Cheng Urja Desai Thakore Sung Im Her Annie Lok Simonetta Alessandri Colin Poole and Tim Casson
• Benefit from professional-level facilities including four dance studios an 80-seat studio theatre and a 300-seat main-stage theatre
• Develop your professional network through our existing relationships with key organisations such as Arts Council England; Youth Dance England; dance agencies and development organisations; performance venues; professional dance companies; independent artists; community arts organisations; colleges and schools
• Our graduates can be found working in the UK and internationally in fields including freelance dance artist or choreographer; education or wider community environments; the film/video industry; and commercial sector
• Our graduates include Hayley Lemon teaching artist at Dance East; Katie Boag and Ash Goosey independent choreographers for Arts Council projects; Emma Bouch lead artist at NK Dance; and Katie Bateman dancer/entertainer on Disney cruises

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country