Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

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Organisation: Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

Course: MA British Black Dance & Performance

Black British Dance and Performance is a part-time MA with a focus on impact, voice and gaze.

Black British Dance and Performance is a pioneering, creative and intellectually critical MA, interrogating how Black dance is framed through the lens of impact, voice and gaze.  It asks how systems of power have influenced representation, visibility and value—and how these are being actively challenged, reshaped and reimagined by Black artists and thinkers today.

This programme is delivered by our franchise partnership with Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage (based in Leicester campus and online). The Degree is Validated by Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) and all students registered on this programme will be NSCD students

Over three years and through a variety of modules, students will examine the importance of how language and terminology shape perception, challenge policy and develop tools to shift dominant narratives through writing, advocacy and dialogue.  Students will have the opportunity to undertake in-depth case study analyses of key institutions and events, and critically analyse how platforms for Black dance operate, influence and evolve locally and internationally.

Through a combination of practice, research, critical theory and case study exploration, students will engage with key movements, makers and methodologies shaping the sector.  Designed for artists, scholars, producers and curators, the course offers a unique space to explore the histories, legacies and contemporary practices of Black British dance in relation to global and Diasporic contexts.  Completing the programme will equip students not only with knowledge of the past but with the tools to shape the future of dance and performance in a more inclusive and representative cultural landscape.

To know more and apply for the programme visit: www.serendipity-uk.com/ma-black-british-dance-and-performance/