Dance Studies

Key programme benefits to future students

Students on the programme critically engage with relevant literature and dance practices and undertake field research in a relevant Irish dance study of their choice.



Students have the opportunity to interact with students on other related programmes at the Irish World Academy.



Students will gain contextual, historical and embodied knowledge relating to different Irish dance practices. It also provides an invaluable foundation for those wishing to pursue dance research to doctoral level.



Key Fact: The programme provides students with contextual and historical knowledge relating to different Irish dance practices.

Autumn Modules

• Repertoire and Style in Irish Traditional Dance Performance 1

• Dance Ethnography

• Introduction to Fieldwork Techniques

• Introduction to Ritual Studies



Optional Modules (choose two)

Academic Literacies for International Postgraduate Students*(compulsory) | Media Technologies for Performing Arts and Arts Research | Independent Study 1 | Introduction to Somatics | Writing and the Documentation of Arts Practice | Critical Engagements with Irish Traditional Music | Colloquium | Advanced Dance in Health | Advanced Dance Pedagogy | Advanced Dance Studies | Independent Study 2 | Critical Contexts for Arts Management and Cultural Policy | Writing and the Documentation of Practice 2 | Choreography for Camera | Critical Encounters with Irish Traditional Dance | Introduction to Somatics 2 | Colloquium 2 | Interdisciplinary Practice



Spring Modules

• Repertoire and Style in Dance Performance 2

• Contextualising Dance Performance

Summer Modules

• Final Presentation

A primary degree with first or second class honours or an equivalent qualification (Primary degree: Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland). An equivalent capability based on prior professional experience.

An interview and audition (online) will be required in all cases. Candidates will be required to submit additional audio-visual material via online links that demonstrate previous experience in contemporary dance.

1 year full-time, on-campus.

Autumn

Graduate careers

The programme is particularly beneficial for students wishing to pursue careers in the following: dance research, performance studies, Irish studies, media studies, dance education, arts development, heritage and tourism, and cultural organisations.