Aberystwyth University, MA, Practising Performance

The course combines both practical and critical approaches to the study of a broad range of performance forms and methodologies, with particular attention to devised performance, physical theatre, site-specific work and time-based art; students experiment with practice from the outset and being challenged to think about performance in innovative ways; work on the theory, critical analysis and effective documentation of performance is always matched by practice: students make group performances and solo performances, give lectures and present intellectual ideas through performance; students are encouraged to develop their own artistic practice, informed by their own particular interests, so that whatever style of performance or theatre they wish to make in the future, they are equipped with the right tools to bring their ideas and imaginings to fruition in a highly developed manner; students examine a range of theoretical and practical devices and procedures appropriate to the appreciation, analysis and creation of performance; students are introduced to intellectual and creative frameworks for the informed description, devising, presentation, documentation and analysis of performance; they are encouraged to make practical initiatives in conceiving performance; plus students must demonstrate sophisticated approaches to conception, design, rehearsal and manifestation in relation to a specific context though applicable elsewhere. You will acquire embodied knowledge through experiential learning.