Course Modules

In this module, you will consider approaches to, and the implications of, site-dance. A range of site-specific dance, movement installation, perambulatory performance and durational approaches will be explored through practical experiments and theoretical study. The module will explore how the […]

A practical module delivered in the studio. You will develop your own compositional practice and experiment with new working methodologies and strategies for making work. You will observe professional choreographers making work with mapdance, our professional performance programme company.

The module will be based around the in-depth viewing and analysis of selected mainly contemporary dance works live and on video. It will look at approaches to theoretically applied forms of writing for different readerships and publications, emphasising approaches that

The dissertation is the culmination of your postgraduate study. You will develop a substantial dance research project of your choice. You can choose to include a varying amount of dance practice alongside written critical commentary.

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

Through a combination of lectures, seminars and practical tasks, you will analyse, deconstruct and reconstruct technical exercises and phrases in order to build a critical base of teaching material. Planning, phrase construction and giving corrections will be explored in the

In this module, you will analyse a wide range of dance practices: historical and contemporary, popular and ‘high art’, Western and non-Western. You will consider these in relation to 20th and 21st-century debates about the politics of the body, for

In this module you will study how property is classified, the conveyancing process and the law surrounding leases. Your studies will also examine the core principles of planning law.

In this module you will study the different aspects of Constitutional, Administrative and Human Rights Law. You will examine the nature and the structure of the UK Constitution, the law regulating the administration of power and the provisions for the

This module introduces you to the concept of Tort Law and a range of torts including negligence, product liability, occupiers’ liability, and nuisance, as well as the relevant defences and remedies and the principle of vicarious liability. You will also