Ma Dance: Performance & Professional Practice

The Dance: Performance and Professional Practices MA programme offered by the University of Salford provides students with an in-depth understanding of dance performance and choreography in contemporary society. The course offers a blend of critical and practical approaches, continually drawing from such relevant fields as sociology, philosophy and history to enrich your understanding of dance studies. Course Content: Spanning over one year for full-time students and two years for part-time students, the programme entails a mix of compulsory and optional modules. The compulsory modules revolve around dance in relation to knowledge, power, and the body in various cultural contexts, while the optional modules allow students to probe specific interests such as choreography, strategy and creativity among others.Key Modules: Some of the key focus areas in the course comprise of Dance Performance (Practice), Dance Performance: The Body and Contemporary Dance Studies. Practice based modules include choreography, performance and professional project options. Future Careers: Graduates of this course have the potential to progress in various fields which include dance performance, teaching, arts management, PhD study and other related professions within the arts and cultural sectors. For more information on this course, please visit the official course page here.