MA Contemporary Performance Practices

at University of East London

MODULES

Year 1

CORE MODULES

Cultures of Performance

• Develop knowledge of key critical theory as related to performance and encourage student to apply theoretical concepts and methods to performance making.
• Enable students to incorporate theoretical discussion into their own inquiries as performers including the cultural specificity of their own performance practices.
•  Furnish students with theories of representation and difference in the analysis and presentation of performance.
• Critique, analyse and deconstruct representations of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality and (dis)ability in relationship to each other in performance contexts.
• Foster critical thinking and encourage students to pursue independent critical theory research and apply it to their own practical work.

Contemporary Performance Making
 

This module will introduce you to the field of contemporary performance practices and methodologies. Throughout the term, you will explore a range theoretical and practical skills required to conceive, devise and produce a collaborative performance. Indicative topics of study include: interdisciplinary composition; participatory and immersive practices; site specific/responsive performance; and digital performance.

Artistic Leadership
 

This module will provide you with the opportunity to explore their potential career aspirations as cultural and creative entrepreneurs and leaders in the current national and international environment for the arts. You will develop knowledge, skills, and attributes in successfully acting as cultural and creative entrepreneurs and leaders.

Research Methods in Creative Practice
 

• To critically assess the application of social, historical, cultural and textual research methods to creative cultural products.
• To facilitate the development of the practical skills necessary for the implementation of a research style for creative cultural projects and related written material.
• To integrate theory with production
• To further develop individual production skills
• To develop research, planning and organisational skills

Mental Wealth: Professional Life - Performance Praxis
 

This module will provide you with the opportunity to develop an innovative practice as research performance methodology that can lead to the production work of a high creative and technical standard. They will pursue self-initiated work, which demonstrates a critical understanding of the approaches, practices and knowledge acquired earlier in the course and applied to their project and develop an advanced understanding of research methodology and project management for production-based work. This module is provided for you to develop an innovative practice as research performance methodology and pursue self-initiated research based on an area of your choice leading to an outward facing production. You will demonstrate an understanding of theoretical perspectives pertinent to performance practice, to contain a coherent implementation of research methodology and pre-production planning and show evidence of original research.

Performance Platform
 

The aims of the module are to:

• Provide you with the opportunity to pursue self-initiated work, which demonstrates a critical understanding of the approaches, practices and knowledge acquired earlier in the course.
• Develop an advanced understanding of research methodology and project management for production-based work.
• Provide you with the opportunity to develop production work to a high creative and technical standard.
• Produce a written component that is based on critical reflection.

English language requirements
 

Overall Academic IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in Writing and Speaking; minimum 5.5 in Reading and Listening (or recognised equivalent).

If you do not meet the academic English language requirements for your course, you may be eligible to enrol onto a pre-sessional English programme. The length of the course will depend on your current level of English and the requirements for your degree programme.

International Fees Full time, 1 year
£14,280 Per year

Graduates from MA Contemporary Performance Practices have gone on to secure funding for their projects, create new artist networks, produce international projects, create new festivals, curate interdisciplinary events and have their projects programmed in a variety of festivals, venues and conferences since 2016. UEL  offers an MFA route to this programme, as well as options to progress to PhD.