Course Modules

In this independent module, you have the opportunity to pursue your own enthusiasms and specialisms.  This will usually take the form of a significant piece of work that is either a critical reflective analysis piece, or a substantial written research […]

In this independent, module, you will pursue your own enthusiasms and specialisms.  This will usually take the form of a significant piece of work that is either a critical reflective analysis piece, or a substantial written research project.

Taken by all MA students within the department, this module prepares you for the critical, self-reflective and analytical aspects of practice-based study at Master’s level, and lays the groundwork for further potential study at Doctoral level.

This module prepares you for the critical, self-reflective and analytical aspects of practice-based study at Master’s level, and lays the groundwork for further potential study at Doctoral level. Emphasis is given to the enhancement of your proficiency in researching and

This module offers you ‘interior’ studio based performance practice. These sessions explore camera practice, performance analysis and text work. the aim is to prepare you for an immersive film shoot experiences and also their final independent dissertation projects later in

You will explore strategies for developing dance practitioner processes, working practices, and creative and organisational methods specific to a work-based context. You will explore a practice of your choice and engage with tutorials either in person or remotely.

This module explores the relationship between new medias and dance performance practices. Using various software programs in tutor-facilitated sessions, you will practically explore the programs for use either as a creative medium or for documentation/dissemination purposes and will practice your

In this theoretical module you will explore how knowledge about dance is rooted in philosophical and aesthetic ideologies, from both historicised and contemporary perspectives. You will look through a wide lens at dance and its evolving beliefs, with the main

This practical module is an opportunity to work on the creation or re-staging of a repertoire work. Dancing in the construction or reconstruction of a work of repertory provides you with opportunities to extend creative practical skills in dance performance.

You will use a combination of lectures, seminars, practical workshops and independent exploratory tasks to examine interrelated theories from motor learning and control, physiological training principles, psychological approaches to dance practice and embodied perception. You will consider how to apply