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Performance Studies at De MontFort University at Main

The Performance Practices MA will allow you to investigate both the creative and critical contexts of performance. Topics studied include the body in performance, audiences, spaces, narrative, memory, digital technologies and collaboration.
Reasons to study Performance Practices MA at DMU:

  • You will investigate both the creative and critical contexts of performance, taught by our internationally recognised staff who are practising artists and scholars
  • Develop your writing, making and thinking by engaging with current contemporary performance practice and theory
  • Establish professional links through placements with regional and national arts-based organisations
  • Topics studied include the body in performance, audiences, spaces, narrative, memory, digital technologies and collaboration, and these are addressed from an interdisciplinary perspective
  • Work with an energetic, research-active staff team with international profiles in contemporary performance practices

The course aims to foster creative and performance skills, theoretical knowledge and research skills appropriate to contemporary performance practices, and is designed for those wishing to develop themselves as independent artists, practitioner-researchers, scholarly researchers and reflective practitioners. It is also suitable for professional artists and educators who wish to reinvigorate their practices and deepen their engagement in performance making.

This programme will assist in developing your skills and knowledge towards achieving your goals; whether it is to become a teacher or performer, start your own company, or pursue further study. It will allow you to gain real life experience through a range of opportunities offered by the industry through our links with local and national organisations.

There is some flexibility in module choice, so that you may broaden existing skills and/or develop new skills that complement your programme specific studies. You may choose to study a module from another similar programme or to undertake placements, further preparing you for employment in a range of contexts.

Level Masters
Discipline Arts and Humanities
Duration 12 months
Intakes Jan, Sep
Application Fees GBP 0
Tuition Fees GBP 14600
Campus Main
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Admission Requirements
Language proficiency (minimum)
IELTS 6
TOEFL 60
PTE 50
Duolingo Not Accepted
Exam proficiency (minimum)
SAT Not Required / Waiver
ACT Not Required / Waiver
GRE Not Required / Waiver
GMAT Not Required / Waiver
Requirements

Minimum GPA - 70%

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QS Ranking 711-720
Times Higher Education 601-800
ARWU --
Webometrics 694
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