12 monthsProgramme duration
23,200 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Jun, 2025Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Dance at Trinity Laban will challenge you to defy convention and allow you to share your unique perspective. All MA/MSc students follow one year of study, with an optional second year of extended research leading to an MFA
MA/MFA Dance Performance
This elite performance programme gives you a supportive and dynamic environment to challenge and explore your creative voice, agency and artistry as a dance performer. As a member of Trinity Laban Dance Collective (TLDC) you will work as part of a small group of dancers in a range of different creative projects, delivered with exceptional guidance from faculty and guest artists. A range of performance opportunities are designed to prepare you for your career as a professional dance artist.
Detailed information
The MA/MFA Dance Performance offers you the opportunity to research and explore the role of the performer in the artistic process and to deepen your understanding of both the artistic and technical complexities that form part of dance performance.
You’ll be immersed in an intensive year of physical and creative exploration. You’ll be invited to reflect on your own performance practice and that of your peers, to ask questions, and to identify and give voice to your own interests and ambitions.
Regular classes in embodied dance techniques provide the groundwork for exploring different movement styles and methodologies. Creative projects with guest artists may have a range of different outputs from theatre performances to site specific events, durational installations, film work and other creative performances. Guest artists and collaborative opportunities help you to broaden and develop your professional networks.
Across all activities, the experience of the dancer as an individual is centred and celebrated. Ongoing dialogue and debate create space for critical reflection alongside regular feedback and independent research.
You will become part of the wider postgraduate community at Trinity Laban, with shared activities and opportunities to collaborate across both music and dance faculties. Facilities in our award-winning building include an outstanding library, state of the art studios, a 300-seat theatre and access to our fitness gym and Pilates studio alongside costume, production and AV support.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Dance at Trinity Laban will challenge you to defy convention and allow you to share your unique perspective. All MA/MSc students follow one year of study, with an optional second year of extended research leading to an MFA
MA/MFA Dance Performance
This elite performance programme gives you a supportive and dynamic environment to challenge and explore your creative voice, agency and artistry as a dance performer. As a member of Trinity Laban Dance Collective (TLDC) you will work as part of a small group of dancers in a range of different creative projects, delivered with exceptional guidance from faculty and guest artists. A range of performance opportunities are designed to prepare you for your career as a professional dance artist.
Detailed information
The MA/MFA Dance Performance offers you the opportunity to research and explore the role of the performer in the artistic process and to deepen your understanding of both the artistic and technical complexities that form part of dance performance.
You’ll be immersed in an intensive year of physical and creative exploration. You’ll be invited to reflect on your own performance practice and that of your peers, to ask questions, and to identify and give voice to your own interests and ambitions.
Regular classes in embodied dance techniques provide the groundwork for exploring different movement styles and methodologies. Creative projects with guest artists may have a range of different outputs from theatre performances to site specific events, durational installations, film work and other creative performances. Guest artists and collaborative opportunities help you to broaden and develop your professional networks.
Across all activities, the experience of the dancer as an individual is centred and celebrated. Ongoing dialogue and debate create space for critical reflection alongside regular feedback and independent research.
You will become part of the wider postgraduate community at Trinity Laban, with shared activities and opportunities to collaborate across both music and dance faculties. Facilities in our award-winning building include an outstanding library, state of the art studios, a 300-seat theatre and access to our fitness gym and Pilates studio alongside costume, production and AV support.
Admission Requirements
These programmes are suited to both recent graduates and to more experienced performers who wish to refresh and reframe their performance practice alongside gaining a postgraduate qualification. You will need to demonstrate a level of dance performance practice, either at an audition workshop or through video application, that is commensurate with study at master’s level
We are looking for applicants who are excited by the prospect of working intensively as part of a Collective to explore and deepen their skills as performers. Students will need to be willing to collaborate, take risks, be ready to explore new creative ideas and to work as part of a team. Students will also need to be self-motivated and bring with them an ongoing curiosity about their own movement practice and performative potential.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and we particularly encourage applications from different underrepresented groups.
Once you have submitted your application you will be invited to audition either in person, or online.
MFA applicants must include a project proposal, outlining the following:
The reasons why they wish to carry out an independent project over one academic year (their second year of study)
The nature of their intended research and a draft projected timeline with indicated outputs of research (which is understandably subject to change)
Their suitability for extended independent research in the context of an MFA Dance Performance.
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
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