Dance Studies - MA Programme content
Explore diverse dance forms through performance, theory, and research. Develop your skills in ethnography, fieldwork, and reflective practice.
Key information
NFQ Level
NFQ Level 9 Major
Duration
One year
Attendance
Full-time
Programme type
Taught
Delivery
Online, In-person
Start date
September
Award
Masters
Key information
- Complete full-time in one year
- Delivered on campus and online
- Modules taught during autumn and spring semesters
- Submit dissertation at the end of the summer semester
- Students take 4 core modules and 2 elective modules in the autumn semester and 2 core modules and two elective modules in the spring semester
You will learn through a blend of
- Lectures, workshops, and hands-on activities
- Reflective practice and guided research
- Regular feedback from faculty and peers
Programme content
Core modules
- Repertoire and Style in Dance Performance 1 (MD6501) introduces students to the repertoires of diverse dance performance practices in a variety of theoretical, methodological and dance performance contexts.
- Dance Ethnography (DA6021) critically engages students in discourses surrounding ethnographic research methodologies in the field of ethnochoreology.
- Introduction to Fieldwork Techniques (MD6021) introduces basic elements of fieldwork including its ethical principles, participant observation, and interview techniques.
- Introduction to Ritual Studies (MD6041) equips students with a knowledge of the emergence and development of ritual studies as an interdisciplinary discourse.
Electives – choose 2
- Academic Literacies for International Postgraduate Students (AW6001) (Compulsory)
- Media Technologies for Performing Arts and Arts Research (MD6031)
- Independent Study 1 (MD6051)
- Introduction to Somatics (MD6061)
- Writing and the Documentation of Arts Practice (MD6071)
- Critical Engagements with Irish Traditional Music (MD6081)
- Colloquium (MD6111)
- Advanced Dance in Health (MD6302)
- Advanced Dance Pedagogy (MD6031)
- Advanced Dance Studies (MD6041)
- Independent Study 2 (MD6052)
- Critical Contexts for Arts Management and Cultural Policy (MD6062)
- Writing and the Documentation of Practice 2 (MD6072)
- Choreography for Camera (MD6082)
- Critical Encounters with Irish Traditional Dance (DA6002)
- Introduction to Somatics 2 (MD6092)
- Colloquium 2 (MD6102)
- Interdisciplinary Practice (MD6162)
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules
Core modules
- Repertoire and Style in Dance Performance 2 (MD6502) extends theoretical and practical knowledge of repertoires and styles in diverse dance performance practices from Irish, Contemporary and Western Art dance style.
- Contextualising Dance Performance (MD6402) introduces students to a range of dance forms through an exploration of performance examples in current cultural contexts and linking them to their genealogical roots.
Electives – choose 2
- Academic Literacies for International Postgraduate Students (AW6001) (Compulsory)
- Media Technologies for Performing Arts and Arts Research (MD6031)
- Independent Study 1 (MD6051)
- Introduction to Somatics (MD6061)
- Writing and the Documentation of Arts Practice (MD6071)
- Critical Engagements with Irish Traditional Music (MD6081)
- Colloquium (MD6111)
- Advanced Dance in Health (MD6302)
- Advanced Dance Pedagogy (MD6031)
- Advanced Dance Studies (MD6041)
- Independent Study 2 (MD6052)
- Critical Contexts for Arts Management and Cultural Policy (MD6062)
- Writing and the Documentation of Practice 2 (MD6072)
- Choreography for Camera (MD6082)
- Critical Encounters with Irish Traditional Dance (DA6002)
- Introduction to Somatics 2 (MD6092)
- Colloquium 2 (MD6102)
- Interdisciplinary Practice (MD6162)
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules
Core module
- Final Presentation Dissertation (MD5522) equips students to perform specialist repertoire at the standard of a public recital or conduct a research project to the level of a master's standard dissertation or a combination of both.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules
