Diasporic Dance Styles MA

Expand your dance practice through this unique low residency programme, designed for practitioners working within a diverse range of dance styles and contexts.<br/><br/>Validated by Goldsmiths and taught by IRIE! Dance Theatre, this degree involves blended online and on-campus learning. <br/><br/>On-campus learning will take place at IRIE! Dance Theatre’s Moonshot Centre in New Cross.<br/><br/><strong>Why study MA Diasporic Dance Styles</strong><br/>The MA in Diasporic Dance Styles programme aims to address a historical gap in the educational study of dance and the employability market for dance graduates through the teaching of non-Eurocentric movement arts.<br/><br/>You will be supported to reach your full potential as a dance artist working within diasporic dance styles and contexts globally. Through the programme, you will:<br/><br/><br/>• Develop, extend, and enrich your embodied knowledge and understanding of Diasporic Dance Styles<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Undertake independently focused practice research, in the areas of choreography, dance pedagogy, community and public performance, production, and dance management<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Develop your practice as a maker, performer, pedagogue, producer, and policy change advocate for dance in the twenty-first century<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Have access to a global online learning community through a blended teaching approach that supports you in developing your own agency as an artist<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Learn key theories, participate in discussions and undertake an active dance practice to hone your practice’s voice<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Critically evaluate existing theories and frameworks for dance, with an awareness of the potential for transformation and change within your own professional practice<br/><br/>