MA/MFA Creative Practice: Dance Professional Practice

at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

The MA Creative Practice is a one year (full time) or two year (part time) taught programme, culminating in an independent research project.
 

The MFA Creative Practice is a two year full time programme. It shares the first year taught programme with the MA. An extended independent project forms the second year, providing time for in-depth research and realisation of a substantial body of work.
 

MA/MFA Creative Practice: Dance Professional (Level 7)
 

Modules (core)    

• Research Lab    
• Embodied Practice    
• Investigative Practice    
• Project    60 (MA)
   

You must select one from the ‘module menu’ listed below, noting that not all modules may be offered in any one year and there may be scheduling conflicts which may render some choices ‘unavailable’
 

Modules   

• Self-Directed    
• Performance Making    
• Bodies, Space, Place    
• Dance & the Moving Image    
• Writing the Body

• an appropriate first degree (or an equivalent qualification)
• or 5 years’ professional experience
• Applicants who do not meet the standard entry requirements are subject to the Institution’s recognition of prior learning (RPL) process
   

Who is this course for?
 

The Dance Professional pathway is for experienced professionals in the fields of dance, performing arts or humanities, such as dancers, choreographers, academics, teachers and somatic practitioners.
 

MFA applicants should demonstrate their capacity to undertake self-directed research and propose a project that warrants the depth and breadth afforded by an extended time frame. The choice between an MA or an MFA programme of study will depend upon prior experience and future aspirations.
 

For MFA:
 

Applicants will also be required to submit an initial project proposal, outlining the following:

• The reasons they wish to carry out an independent project over one academic year
• Their suitability for extended independent research in the context of an MFA Creative Practice
• The nature of their intended research and a draft projected timeline with indicated outputs of research (which is understandably subject to change)
   

An interview (phone/Skype interview is acceptable) will also be required.
 

English Language Requirements

Applicants for whom English is not their first language should demonstrate proficiency in English equivalent to IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in all four areas. In addition, meeting external requirements of UK Visas and Immigration is essential.

MA Creative Practice Fees 
 

•    HOME        £10,230
•     INTERNATIONAL      £21,660

MFA Creative Practice Fees

Year       HOME/EU           INTERNATIONAL

Year 1:     £5,870                  £13,240

Year 2:     £6,110                  £13,770

Total Fee:£11,980                  £27,010

All graduates use their creative research findings to inform their practice in whichever professional setting they enter. Some graduates go on to work freelance, creating and performing their own work. Some graduates go on to become dance industry professionals, taking roles within arts management, and others go onto further study.