MA Performance & Culture : Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
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Pace
Full time, Part time
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Introduction
MA Performance & Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
This pioneering Masters offers interdisciplinary perspectives on international performance, and aims to understand performance in relation to the culture to which it contributes.
Why study MA Performance and Culture at Goldsmiths?
- The programme takes in diverse forms of theatre, including multicultural and street theatre, and practices such as:
- performance art
- dance
- ritual
- site-specific performance
- a wide range of hybrid forms
- You will explore performance as a sociocultural process, using analytical principles from sociology, cultural theory, anthropology, history, philosophy, politics and theatre and performance.
- We have numerous links, locally and internationally, with a wide variety of theatres, companies and performers, all of which enhance your research possibilities.
- The programme will provide you with the appropriate categories of thought and methodological procedures for analysing, understanding and explaining performance processes as sociocultural practices: how and why they emerge from specific sociocultural and historical time place and space.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Compulsory modules
The three compulsory modules consist of:
Cultural Theory, Performance, Interdisciplinary Perspectives
This module is an introduction to the whole programme and focuses on the interdisciplinary use of a range of theories from sociology, anthropology, theatre and other areas to understand live performance. As part of this module you are expected to see as many performances as possible
Historicising Theatre
This module is concerned with exploring the problems and possibilities of theatre history, and the relationship between theatre, text and cultural context.
Corporeality, Embodiment, Alternative Spaces
This module includes work on rituals, shamanism, dance, hybrid forms, site-specific, multi-ethnic performance and theatres of exclusion.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
This programme provides a strong grounding in the principles of research and of learning through independent research. It is particularly suitable if you wish to pursue further academic work in creative, performative fields.
English Language Requirements
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