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MA Choreography and Performance (Choreographie und Performance) at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Programme overview

Trains artist personalities prepared for the complexity of production conditions in contemporary performing arts in dance and performance, able to realise their own dance- and movement-based productions inside and outside established production structures and to reflect on them using scientific and artistic research approaches.

Faculty: Fachbereich 05 - Language, Literature, Culture  |  Department: Institute for Applied Theatre Studies  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP  |  Study mode: full-time; German- and English-taught, or English-only  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Gießen, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

10 modules: seven compulsory modules (including Dance History and Theory, Contemporary Aesthetics and Performance, Choreography, Performative Practice, Movement Research, interdisciplinary aspects of visual art, film and new media, and a specialisation module), two elective profile modules (which can be taken in other departments) and the thesis module.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry requires a relevant Bachelor's degree in Dance Studies or a comparable degree focused on choreography and/or performance (at least 180 CP), an artistic aptitude test taken well before the application, and proof of English.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/studium/bewerbung

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