Master of Dance (MC-DNCE) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this course, students should be able to:

• independently explore a range of creative and research strategies in conceptualising, making and performing dance;
• experiment multi-modally with developing and representing dance as research;
• synthesise philosophical and critical perspectives on dance and the body through written, embodied, choreographic and pedagogic practices;
• critically analyse embodied, corporeal, historical-cultural, spatial and temporal relationships in dance within diverse contexts;
• investigate how scientific and somatic knowledge about the body in dance training and education can be applied to enhance performance, health and wellbeing;
• engage with communities of dance practice and environments through reciprocal and ethical relationships that acknowledge different worldviews;
• design, plan and implement an original research project with appropriate referencing;
• capture and organise dance materials through documentation and archiving processes that engage advanced digital tools and technologies;
• apply choreographic thinking to problems, questions and provocations using a range of methodological approaches.

Generic skills

On completing this course, students will:

• independently explore a range of creative and critical research strategies in making, performing, analysing and engaging with dance as a medium and disciplinary field;
• demonstrate an ability to access, identify, organize and communicate ideas effectively in a range of media and to a range of audiences within the discipline and to the wider community;
• make appropriate use of advanced scholarship and digital technologies for documenting, representing and performing research;
• demonstrate intellectual openness, curiosity, integrity, inclusivity, respect for truth and ethical practice;
• demonstrate self-discipline and an ability to plan and achieve personal and professional goals including career advancement;
• have an awareness of the implications and potential of their research in terms of intellectual property, culturally sensitivity and commercialization;
• be aware of civic, cultural and personal responsibilities;
• have effective planning, time management and productivity skills;
• be able to discuss and negotiate ideas with confidence;
• be able to work effectively with a group, collaborate and negotiate, debate or create responsibly and with confidence.

Graduate attributes

• Synthesise critical, conceptual and reflective creative practice and theory
• Independently conduct original research thinking in, through and about dance.
• Demonstrate autonomous, intellectual, creative and imaginative openness, curiosity and innovation.
• Recognise and analyse gaps in scholarship with an advanced capacity to apply original research as part of one's own scholarship.
• Demonstrate expertise in practical, conceptual and theoretical abilities relevant to dance related careers.
• Possess a high-level understanding and appreciation of current issues and debates in the field of dance studies
• Understand the relevance and value of their contribution to local and global dance communities.