The Master Programme ”New Performative Practices” comprises two years of advanced studies. It is a preparatory course for research, which qualifies the student for a Master of Fine Arts (MA) in choreography with specialization in one of the disciplines circus, dance or choreography.
Artistic development demands the courage to break with common practices, to constructively question established methods. New Performative Practices give rise to art that challenges the commonplace. The programme is interdisciplinary, aimed primarily at artists within circus, dance or choreography. It is designed for those interested in different performative practices and their development in interaction with the formation of new ideas for the production of art. The programme has a distinct focus on individual artistic development, including the promotion of new forms for organisation and work in practice on different artistic platforms from the perspective of choreography.
The Master Programme is a road to deepened and expanded knowledge, both about the artists needs for a successful career, but also about society’s demands, understanding and respect for artistic practice. The programme adds to the development of ideas about the business and market aspects of art. What is produced for whom and why? Creativity and knowledge are the pillars on which the new economies rest; the dialogue between artistic and business activities will therefore develop to the benefit of both.
You apply to the programme with a project. Your background can be as a performer – dancer, choreographer or circus artist – or as an artist with another professional relationship to performativity. All courses are related to and studied through your project. That project is the basis for two years of in-depth studies with some compulsory courses and some optional. Several of the programme courses are open for external applicants which adds to the critical mass for discussion and reflection. To guarantee a top-level education, the programme cooperates with other seats of learning and artistic fora, nationally and internationally. Linked to the head of the programme are the dancer Chrysa Parkinson and the choreographer/dancer Tilman O'Donnell. Chrysa and Tilman acts as advisors in matters relating to programme's content and artistic direction.
During the first year at the master programme the student will meet Chrysa Parkinsson, Cecilia Roos, Lena Hammergren, Mette Ingvartsen, Hinrich Sachs, Johan Widén, André Lepecki, Cristina Caprioli, Camilla Damkjaer, Jon Paul Zaccharini, Anna Koch, Rolf Hughes, Leif Elggren, Christer Lundahl, Martina Seitl, Melati Suryodarmo, Poste Restante/Erik Berg and Linn Hilda Lamberg.
Advisors of the programme: Chrysa Parkinson and Tilman O'Donnell
Please observe that artists with a circus competence are welcome to apply at the start of the programme, autumn of 2011, but DOCH will not develop circus specific profiled courses until the autumn 2013. A student who completes the programme will receive a Master of Fine Arts, 120 credits, in choreography with specialization in one of the disciplines circus, dance or choreography. A Master of Fine Arts qualifies the student for artistic research programmes. ”Read more about Artistic Research education:”
Eligibility
General eligibility for advanced level programme studies: artistic BA or equivalent knowledge (knowledge acquired through work, education or other activity, i.e. ”actual competence”)
Special eligibility:
- Experience of artistic activity
- Knowledge of English: English A or the equivalent. (Descriptions of equivalent results from TOEFL or IELTS, see »www.studera.nu/studera/1662.html
If an applicant does not have the academic training required, DOCH can make an assesment of the professional acitivities to see if the applicant have merits that are equivalent to a bachelor degree in arts.
Acceptance
Students are accepted every other year through auditions among eligible applicants.
Application and tuition fees for non EU/EEA or Swiss citizens
From the autumn term of 2011, all applicants who are not citizens of a EU/EEA- countries nor Switzerland are required to pay an application fee. If accepted to a programme you are also required to pay a tuition fee. The application fee is 900 SEK. Please note that should you fail to pay the application fee and you are later deemed required to pay this fee, your application cannot be processed. The tuition fee for the Master Programme in New Performative Practices is 619,932 (six hundred thousand nine hundred and thirty two) SEK. The tuition fee for one semester, 30 credits, is 154,983 (one hundred and fifty four thousand nine hundred and eighty three) SEK. See more information in English here.
Contact
The Education and Research Unit
Phone:. +46 8 562 274 50
E-mail: studieinfo@doch.se