223 Performing Arts and Dance Masters Degree Programs

As an active participant in the MA or MFA Advanced Theatre Practice, you will participate in workshops with leading professionals, learn to research and extend your own practice, launch a company, make new work, and, on the MA, take this to an audience beyond Central. Students will also extend the roles of performer, director, writer, designer, dramaturg, puppeteer, musician, artist, or creative thinker in new and unexpected ways and build on the tradition of theatre-making as a communicative medium of exchange, i.e. through working with digital media. MFA students also have excellent opportunities to work for with a number of distinguished external companies.

The Master's in Stage Design and Artistic Direction uniquely combines stage design with artistic direction. This program delves into the diverse specializations within the world of theater, dance, performance, film, and advertising, providing a solid and versatile foundation for professional development.

The Master’s Programme in Dance Pedagogy at HAMU is a three-year, full-time course taught in English, designed for graduates seeking advanced professional and methodological expertise in dance education. The programme allows students to specialise in one of three pathways: Methods of Classical Ballet Technique, Methods of Modern and Contemporary Dance, or Methods of Folk Dance.

Elevate your career in the performing arts with the NUS one-year Master of Arts (Theatre and Performance Studies). This programme blends academic rigor with industry insights, offering hands-on learning in traditional and contemporary theatre and performance. Gain critical thinking, research, and digital skills from globally recognized experts, preparing you for roles in arts education, cultural leadership, and beyond.

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.

Take time and space to develop your artistic voice by joining our MA Performance and Theatre Making. Firmly embedded in Kent’s thriving creative landscape, this course is aimed at graduates from theatre and performing arts degrees and other related subjects, as well as artists in theatre/performance who wish to take some time to develop or re-connect with their practice.

The master’s programme in dance performance consists of two years of full-time studies that develop your skills as a performer and as an independent and reflective artist. After graduating, you will be ready to work in the diverse and changing contexts of dance art. You will develop as a solo performer and as an active member of an artistic team.

The Master’s program in Scenography – Theatre Scenography at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) is a two-year, full-time course conducted in English, designed for graduates in scenography, fine arts, architecture, or related disciplines who wish to expand their creative, technical, and conceptual skills in the field of stage design.

The Master's Degree program in Dance, with a specialization in choreography/composition or performance, is designed to equip creators and performers with the tools that will enable them to find their own creative and interpretive language and an educated and sophisticated artistic perspective.

Would you like to use dance and movement to support people in change processes? On Germany's only Master's degree program in Dance and Movement Therapy, you will learn how to use dance and movement in a variety of therapeutic and social contexts.

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.

The Master’s program in Scenography – Production Design at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) is a two-year, English-language course designed for graduates of scenography, architecture, design, or related visual-spatial disciplines.

As one of the largest graduate programs of its kind in the country, Emerson College’s on-campus Theatre Education & Applied Theatre MA and MFA programs prepare you to use theatre to create learning experiences that transform lives and communities. Housed in the Department of Performing Arts in the School of the Arts, the programs allow you to grow and refine your craft as an artist and an educator. Coursework focuses on principles like social justice, anti-racism, and youth-led activism. We offer three graduate programs, an MA in Theatre Education & Applied Theatre, an MA in Theatre Education: Licensure, and an MFA in Theatre Education & Applied Theatre.

TAL (Theatre, Arts, Literature: International Studies in Intermediality) is a unique, interdisciplinary, open access Master's Degree course, unique in the Italian academic landscape. The course has a strong national and international appeal and is designed to train professionals for careers in theatres, cultural research and study centres, and cultural promotion organisations, working closely with museums, libraries, archives and multimedia design agencies in Italy and abroad.

Performing Public Space (PPS) is committed to understanding how cultural developments can produce meaningful change within our shared spaces, based on the idea that public space exists only when it is socially performed. In a time in which political and social structures are reconsidered heavily, PPS offers a flexible and innovative environment to artistically question, redefine, and reclaim public space in its broadest sense.

Come and study at one of the best performing arts universities in the world. As a master’s student in opera coaching, you will engage in close-knit cooperation with master’s students of opera. Upon graduation, you will be a versatile professional in opera music and able to take responsibility for large-scale music coaching projects and piano performances.