MA Dance Performance

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Introduction

These programmes are designed to guide you in your journey to becoming an elite performer as you develop the advanced technique, performance and creative skills of exceptional dancers.

As a student you will become a performer in our new dance company

Specially commissioned national and international artists will lead you through intensive creative processes devising new works and introduce you to range of choreographic styles and working approaches.

Both the MA and the MFA programme offers the opportunity to critically reflect on your practice as a performer, research and explore the role of the performer in the artistic process, and to deepen your understanding of both the artistic and technical complexities inherent in dance performance.

Teaching and Learning

Learn in an environment which closely resembles and prepares students for a

Developadvanced technical and performative skills through daily classes of three contrasting but complementary dance techniques in Year 1.

Collaborative skills are encouraged through your active engagement as learners in the creative process through discussion, reflection and evaluation.

Reflection on both performance processes and individual development is encouraged in the studio and via seminars which relate closely to the phases of the practice being undertaken and the issues that arise from them.

You will work with visiting artists on commissioned pieces and choreographic work.

Digital Literacy will be focused upon and taught so that you’re provided with the skills to capture and showcase your skill-set online.

For MA students, the year culminates in an independent research-led project, enabling you to consolidate your skills and understanding of performance practice.