Type: Postgraduate
Qualification: MA Interdisciplinary Dance Performance
Duration: 1 year full-time (Home & Overseas students)
Validated by: University of Kent
NSCD aims to have full degree awarding powers from September 2025 (subject to Office for Students approval). This is an exciting step, in the school’s history enabling us to take that next step in control of our curriculum and course portfolio. In the unlikely event NSCD does not achieve degree awarding powers in this academic cycle, our degrees will continue to be validated by the University of Kent.
Suitable for dancers and movement artists at various stages of their careers, this course enables you to:
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In 2025/26, students on this course will work with artists from Punchdrunk and Johannes Wieland, director and curator of b12 Festival.
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This course offers the opportunity to rethink your practice as a performer and to collaborate with leading interdisciplinary artists, developing skills beyond conventional choreographic approaches.
It focuses on facilitating a wider preparation for dancers from all disciplines looking to perform in works requiring an interdisciplinary approach, combining dance, theatre, performance art and film.
Through a range of laboratories you will work across a range of movement practices such as film, theatre, VR, non-conventional spaces and traditional theatre spaces to co-author work, collaborate with artists across different disciplines and perform.
You will work on developing your skills as a performer, exploring a range of approaches and methods, allowing you to gain an experiential understanding of stage presence, performative styles, confidence, and generosity in performance. Additional emphasis on professional practice increases employability and career prospects within the industry.
The MA in Interdisciplinary Dance Performance covers:
Each module has a credit value between 15 and 60 credits, including a final major research project worth 60 credits. Each credit taken equates to a total study time of around 10-20 hours. Total study time includes scheduled teaching, independent study, directed study. You will study a total of 180 credits for the MA in total.
View modulesStudents have access to our wide range of excellent industry-standard facilities to develop their practice, carry out research and test ideas in a supportive, creative learning environment:
In the final term, students undertake a substantial major research project on a topic of their choice. Recent students’ research topics include:
You will be taught through a combination of practical classes, workshops and lectures. Seminars and small group tutorials enable you to enhance your understanding of topics covered, while timetabled meetings with your academic tutors deliver additional support.
NSCD Postgraduate courses offer more contact hours on average than most comparable Level 7 courses, offering a range of learning including:
Actual contact hours may vary depending on aspects of delivery.
We welcome movement-based artists and dancers from various styles and backgrounds looking to develop their performance practice for works that utilise an interdisciplinary approach. Above all, we are looking for ambition and commitment to your practice.
The MA in Interdisciplinary Dance Performance is open to graduates of two/three-year dance training programmes at higher education level, or to dance or movement artists with some professional experience and equivalent vocational training at an appropriate level.
We welcome applications from EU, EEA and International applicants.
Students with English as a second language will need a 6.5 ESOL level (with a minimum of 6.0 in reading and 5.5 in speaking and listening)
Entry is through a successful audition and interview.
We are committed to providing a holistic experience for our students. Based on a comparison with other courses of an equivalent price, we typically offer the following as ‘value added’:
