MA Dance Performance: Irish Traditional Dance

Aims and Objectives

  • To provide a learning environment for advanced performance in Irish traditional dance practices.
  • To explore aspects of repertoire, style, and choreography through engagement with a diverse range of master tutors;
  • To facilitate interactivity through the elective system with other related and available areas of study;
  • To honour the artistic integrity, history and identity of Irish traditional dance within an academic and performance orientated context;
  • To engage in critical debate with academic modules;
  • To acquire the academic and performance skills required for further research or performance;
  • To find one’s own individual voice through the medium of Irish dance performance practice;
  • To equip students with a qualification in Irish traditional dance performance.