大象传媒

This MA is for students who want to develop a socially engaged dance practice which addresses the urgencies of our times. You will join a global community of artists and researchers working at the intersection of community dance and arts activism. You may have an emerging community, participatory or activist movement practice which you want to develop, or you may be an established maker who wants to interrogate and develop your practice in the light of the shifting discourses and challenges of the moment.

This unique Masters, offered full-time or part-time, has an intensive residency model. You engage in two, 2-week live residencies per year based at LCDS in London. All other teaching and learning is online, allowing you to remain embedded in the communities with whom you practice, growing your work as you study. You are not required to relocate to London, indeed the course places the de-centred practice of the individual student in their specific context at its heart. The richness of the curriculum grows from the wide diversity of geographical, cultural and contextual situations of our students and staff.

The course can be completed in one year full-time, or two years part-time, and the next cohort begins in September 2025. It is designed to allow you to study alongside work, caring responsibilities or your need to pace your learning to suit your individual needs.

This course explores the potential of movement and dance to contribute to the creation of sustainable social structures, to support individuals and communities, to rehearse and perform collective actions and to challenge systemic inequity. You will situate your work in an international network of peers, artists, scholars and teachers, challenge and develop your individual practice and apply your learning in an individual creative project, supported by one to one mentoring.

Who is the course for?

This course is for you if you want to critically explore the intersection of dance-making and activism. You will have the beginnings, or indeed an established, socially-engaged practice which works with people, communities and institutions to effect change. The course centres your creative process and supports you in the interrogation and development of your work, positioning it in creative exchange with an international network of peers, artists and researchers. We are receiving applications from artists who are emerging as well as artists who have decades of experience and want to interrogate their practice in the light of the seismic social shifts of the last few years. This diverse group of students are a key resource for the exchange of learning. This course is validated by University of the Arts, London.