Location:

London, United Kingdom

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Liberal Arts & Sciences

Program Overview

Program Description:

Aims of the course At the core of the MA Modern Performance is the academic study of performance. Seminar-based, over a range of modules it will address a variety of performative modes — typically, theatre, ballet and modern dance, live art, opera — dealing with live performance, recordings of performance and written texts. It will examine these critically, considering the meanings they generate and the means by which they do so, and placing them in their historical, cultural and aesthetic contexts. Overall, it will develop an analytical perspective on performance as a cultural practice. Course structure You will take two core modules, four optional modules and a dissertation of around 15,000 words or equivalent. Core modules: Performance and Modernity Modern and Postmodern Revisionism Approaches to Research Optional modules include: Live Art Remaking Shakespeare Arts Criticism Gender and Performance Modern Art: Video and Performance