9 Dance Masters Degree Programs in United Kingdom

Within the context of contemporary movement practice, our postgraduate dance program is designed to build your knowledge and skills of creative dance practices and will appeal to entrepreneurial dance artists who are keen to develop their practice. We offer a range of creative opportunities to enhance your studies. Alongside guidance from your tutors, our Master’s Dance degree is supported by several high-profile associations with artists and industry specialists to enhance your study experience.

This programme provides you with a broad understanding of the theories and practices of dance movement therapy necessary for safe and effective clinical work, and enables you to practise as a dance movement therapist.

MA Dance: Creative Dance Education will allow you to study the art and science of dance education by considering a wide range of needs, teaching styles and modern perspectives on teaching and learning. You’ll put your learning into practice as you take part in industry-led workshops and participate in two work-based placements. You’ll study in our £55 million New Adelphi building, home to multiple rehearsal studios and a theatre.

The Dance and Choreography MA is designed to help students develop their creative practice and deepen their understanding of dance as an art form. The program combines practical dance training with th...

The Dance MA/MFA program is designed to help students develop their skills and understanding of dance through a combination of practical and theoretical work. Students explore new choreography, deepen...

Develop your dance practice and performance skills by approaching them as research processes on this practice-research-based programme. This practice-research-based programme will encourage you to approach performance as a critical practice and to relish the complex contextual relationships that exist in making and performing dances. You will explore your role as a collaborator in performance-making as one of agency and empowerment in a supportive environment. You will be encouraged to develop and test new ideas and skills through your practice research in order to imagine how they relate to training, practice, performance-making, dance philosophy and dramaturgy. You will be supported by the mentorship and teaching of experienced staff in our modern studios and you will have the opportunity to work with in-house and visiting artists, scholars and a diverse community of peers.

The MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy is designed to help students develop skills in using movement and dance as therapeutic tools. The program combines theoretical learning with practical experience...

MA Dance: Performance and Professional Practices is a practical-focused course, co-designed and co-delivered with our industry partner Joss Arnott. You will focus on contemporary dance performance at the highest level. You’ll also become part of Emergence, our postgraduate dance company who work with internationally acclaimed choreographers to produce a programme of new performance work each year and tour nationally every spring season. You’ll study in our £55 million New Adelphi building, home to multiple rehearsal studios and a theatre.

The Global Performance and Cultural Industries MA at the University of Leeds is designed to explore the key disciplines of performance and cultural industries within a global context. This course exam...