Doctoral Studies 2011
University of Dance and Circus will not accept any new PhD candidates during 2011.
Applicants must be artistically eminent in their field and represent established choreographic activities or artistic activities that have involved movement, performances or similar acts. Applicants must have at least a master´s degree or the equivalent in their artistic field, as well as documentary evidence of their eligibility for higher education at the doctoral level.
Choreography - subject description
Choreography represents a proactive artistic dimension in society. The subject of choreography provides tools for the production of movement and explores this process, analysing the conditions of art and cultural creation in various contexts.
Choreography envisages alternative forms and expressions, spatial as well as conceptual locations in dialogue with both tradition and the world of today. The concept of choreography is an open and inclusive structure that spans a wide array of disciplines. It operates across media and language boundaries; dialectically and discursively; altering, preserving, transforming. Choreographic practices can therefore generate movement in the real sense of the word.
The starting-point for choreography as a research field is our embodied experience but this definition also encompasses a wealth of linguistic expressions for action, thought, reflection, awareness, writing and being. Research in the subject of choreography thus contributes to the development of society and an expanded awareness of forms of expression and their imprint on our contemporary world.
Application
A proposed description of a project that clearly describes the concept of the artistic development work, the issues raised and the planned methodology as well as a timetable and estimated budget. The project description should also contain an idea about the form/s documentation is/are to take.
- A CV that describes previous studies, artistic activities and other qualifications that the applicant would like to refer to.
- A project description which provides details about the idea, the questions and the planned method for the thesis project as well as the time schedule for the project and the estimated budget. The project description should also contain an idea of the means of documentation.
Concerning the budget estimate
Applicants as doctoral students will be employed at DOCH. The University is responsible for financing the student during 4 years full-time study. (HF, kap 5) An artistic project can be very expensive. Thus, applicants are recommended to discuss the planned project with Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Johan Widén, johan.widen@doch.se, or Professor Lena Hammergren, Chair of the Board for Artistic Development, Research and Education, lena.hammergren@doch.se before sending in the application.
Admission criteria
Requirements:
- The applicant must be artistically eminent.
- The applicant must have a well-established artistic activity in an international context.
- The applicant must have a master’s degree or the equivalent (actual competency, other artistic and/or academic studies) and provide documentation that he/she fulfils the requirements for a graduate programme.
Evaluation criteria
- Artistic creativity and originality
- The artistic quality of the project
- The questions at issue in the project and ability to complete it
- The connection of the project/the artist to infrastructure/networks
The evaluation is made through artistic evaluation, and international choreographers will participate in the assessment panel that evaluates applications. Great importance is given to the ”transparency” of the process.
The first round of admission will be based on a screening of the material submitted. An admission committee will be appointed in March/April and the names of its members published on the University of Dance and Circus’ website. The criteria on which selection will be based is also published on the website. The second round will consist of interviews with those considered to meet the requirements for success in a doctoral programme in an artistic subject. Decisions are expected to be announced in late May/early June.
The doctoral students will be admitted jointly by Lund University and the University of Dance and Circus. Information about the admission procedure is published on the University of Dance and Circus’ website www.doch.se
Information relating to the application may be obtained from:
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Johan Widén, johan.widen@doch.se,
Professor Lena Hammergren, Chair of the Board for Artistic Development, Research and Education, lena.hammergren@doch.se .
Union representatives: Karin Edwander (ST-ATF), Anna Karin Ståhle (Lärarförbundet), Karin Munters Jameson (SACO).
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