The programme is not limited to any style or context of dance and particularly invites students working in non-western dance forms, beyond formal education or professional settings, and students whose practice sits within African and Caribbean diasporic traditions to engage with study and practice-research through this programme.
This market is currently under served at MA level. There is evidence of market interest in this kind of flexible, diverse provision through the contacts of IRIE! with dancers, choreographers, teachers, IRIE! graduates, that are living and working internationally but limited in professional development and career progression.
Our MA Diasporic Dance Styles is a unique distance education/low residency provision delivered by IRIE! dance theatres and validated by Goldsmiths, University of London offering dance artists the opportunity to expand their practice through independently focused research within a supportive virtual and residency-based learning environment.
The MA is designed to facilitate learning through frameworks of reflective practice, critical thinking and emergent global strategies for dance-arts making and producing. The programme utilises a vibrant Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), as well as fostering a community of practice in-person through intensive residencies at IRIE! dance theatre. The programme spans and encourages practitioners working within a diverse range of dance styles and contexts and particularly aims to attract artists working in non-Western diasporic traditions, an area currently under-represented in PG provision.
The rationale for the development of this programme lies within the success of IRIE’s BA (Hons) Diverse Dance Styles and the current gap in the field for further study for graduates, alongside a recognition of the value and contribution of dance artists working within diverse dance styles and contexts globally and the need in today’s higher education and cultural policy landscape to ensure provision for access and opportunity through formal pathways. The MA programme aims to nurture and support dance artists to reach their full potential as makers, performers, pedagogues, and policy change advocates for dance in the 21st century and beyond.
Fee:
- Full Time: £10,000
- Part Time: £5,000.