Course summary

Master The Process of Dance Making The MA Dance & Creative Enterprise is a practice-centred postgraduate programme designed for choreographers, directors, producers, and creative practitioners who are ready to advance their artistic vision and develop as independent dance and performance makers. This course supports you to reimagine your creative practice while developing the professional, entrepreneurial, and business skills needed to sustain and grow a career in the arts. Throughout the programme, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop your choreographic and performance-making skills through structured workshops and creative projects

• Learn essential tools for arts project management, business planning, curation, fundraising, marketing, and entrepreneurship

• Deepen your physical and performance skills through daily classes and workshops

• Explore skills and approaches in directing, rehearsal directing, movement directing and dramaturgy

• Undertake self-directed research into areas of personal interest

• Test your ideas using industry-standard facilities, with opportunities to present your work publicly at the on-site Riley Theatre

• Work closely with experienced artists and practitioners who bring a range of expertise from across the dance and performance industries

• Advance your choreographic practice – undertake daily creative classes to develop varied choreographic and movement devising approaches to enrich your artistic process.

• Develop the tools for arts project management – learn the necessary skills to successfully create, manage, fundraise and market your own artistic projects to support your future business ventures.

• Explore approaches to directing and dramaturgy – discover innovative strategies for storytelling and conveying artistic ideas to deepen your creative output and expand your career trajectory.

• Hone your artistic vision – reflect on what being a dance artist means and what you want your work to express, so you can make intentional artistic choices and develop a practice that feels authentic to who you are.

• Collaborate with leading arts practitioners – work with guest artists on a weekly basis, gaining professional insight into the arts industry, learning what it takes to succeed, and expanding your presence in the global creative community.