Performance: Dance MA

MA PERFORMANCE: DANCE – UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER

TWO PATHWAYS FOR PERFORMERS, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS

Students on the Performers’ pathway join mapdance company (Artistic Directors, Yael Flexer and Detta Howe). Working intensively with international guest choreographers, students develop their technical and performance skills and deepen understanding of the creative process. mapdance operates as a professional company with daily technique classes and rehearsals. From mid-Feb. to May the company tours nationally and internationally whilst also offering educational workshops. Choreographers have included: Pete Shenton (New Art Club); Shobana Jeyasingh, Ben Wright, Nik Haffner (Ex-Forsythe) and Liz Aggiss. The 2011/12 Repertory is being created with Matteo Fargion, Nigel Charnock, Saju Hari and Keira Martin

Students taking the Independent Researchers’ pathway develop their knowledge and skills through a wide range of creative and theoretical options to produce a project of their own. Emphasising the link between practice and theory, this will centre on a creative initiative such as the production of a film, choreography or a lecture demonstration, and is tailor made to suit individuals. In each case students write a paper expanding on the processes involved – or they produce a fully written paper. Students work with guidance from a supervisor and attend group seminars. Recent independent projects have focused on choreographic practices for secondary school students; an investigation into Kurt Jooss’s Green Table and questions of authenticity, a solo work exploring Strindberg’s The Stronger and a study on Dyslexia in dance students.

The performers’ and independent researchers’ pathways operate in the context of a professional performance programme and a series of presentations by visiting artists and researchers, for example Gill Clark, Lucy Cash, Becky Edwards, Kevin Finnan, Fiona Wright and Liz Aggiss. Practice is also developed through a module entitled Reflective Practice that leads students towards a deepened understanding of Practice as Research.. Guest lecturers on the MA have included practitioners and curators all working at the edges of dance research – Rosie Lee, choreographer and video artist, Mark Jeffery, performer (Goat Island), curator and maker, Lea Anderson and Scott Smith.

Duration of Course

Normally 14 months full time (September 2012 – November 2013)

Core Subjects

Reflective Practice

Repertory (Performers route only)

Techniques for Performance – see options below – is compulsory for all taking the Repertory module

Independent Research Project (Independent researchers route only)

Dissertation (all routes)

Optional Subjects

We offer 2 optional modules per year from the following programme:

Techniques for Performance (compulsory for performers route, optional for other route)

Writing and Performance

Performing Politics

Pedagogical Approaches

New Media and Performance Practices

Experiencing Arts Therapies

Dance Writing & Criticsm

Why this course?

The MA Performance: Dance enables you to develop your dance practice in a university contest; as a performer or choreographer in the university’s touring performance company or as an independent researcher, individually or in collaboration with other artists. There are also opportunities to engage with cutting edge research into interactive technologies and to market yourself professionally as an artist usind DVD and website technologies.

Contact Details

Administrator: Sue Francis

Email: s.francis@chi.ac.uk

Home/EU Fees 2013

1 Year full time including dissertation £10,500 (Performers), £6,930 (Independent Researchers)

Part time Module Fee (30 credits) £1275.00 (Independent Researchers)Dissertation Fee £2550.00 (Independent Researchers).
Alumni Discount 10% for students applying within five years of completion of an undergraduate course at Chichester.

Overseas Fees 2013

Full time £10,775Alumni Discount 10% for students applying within five years of completion of an undergraduate course at Chichester.

For further information on how to apply please visit: http://www.chi.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-taught-0/how-apply and for further informtion on the course please visit: http://www.chi.ac.uk/dance/postgraduates

Entry Requirements

Dance or Arts degree - 2:2 or Any other degree or relevant professional experience or An academic qualification equivalent to a degree plus relevant professional experience.