Master Project I

Brief course description

The Master’s Project is a specialised work that focuses on the development of an independent choreographic project by applying and integrating insight from the programme’s other courses. The students will plan, explore, develop, realise, share and reflect on artistic problems of their own choosing and are expected to be able to demonstrate artistic autonomy, maturity and reflection in their choreographic solutions and choices. In the Master Project, seminars will illuminate challenges related to choreographic exploration and the drafting of a project description with relevant methodological and artistic problems. During the second year, the seminars will illuminate challenges related to realising, documenting and reflecting on the Master Project.

Each student will receive individual supervision throughout the process.

The course’s varying focus each semester is followed up by a series of intensive and topical seminars in order to ensure academic progression.

The course is structured as follows:

Semester 1 (year 1):

• mapping: choreographic experiments and testing of problems and interests

Semester 2 (year 1):

• specifying: identifying and outlining choreographic focus and concerns

The course’s learning outcomes

The course’s learning outcomes are described as follows:

Knowledge

Upon completing the course, students shall

• have knowledge of how to assess the use of various choreographic methods and strategies
• have knowledge of how to plan and structure a project, in both a practical and ethically responsible manner, by employing tools from various fields
• have familiarity with various documentation strategies and methods for choreographic activity and artistic research and development

Skills

Upon completing the course, students shall

• be able to stage or realise an artistic problem of their own choosing
• be able to draft relevant choreographic project descriptions

General competence

Upon completing the course, students shall

• be able to define and formulate artistic problems of their own choosing

Teaching and learning methods

The coursework will consist of independent work, supervision and teacher-led learning. The working methods consists primarily of project work, seminars, peer review and feedback from fellow students and educators, supervision, written assignments, and independent study.

Each student shall have a primary supervisor from the start of the first year. The primary supervisor must be a member of the Academy staff. Students are themselves responsible for their own progression in the Master Project; this entails meeting the coursework requirements, and being in regular contact and keeping appointments with their supervisor so that academic progression is maintained.

Coursework requirements:

• active participation in mandatory teaching and supervision
• completion of mandatory assignments
• submission of a project description of the Master Project

The project description shall contain the following:

• description of problems and methods
• presentation of partners
• timetable
• assessment of ethical risks
• budget
• suggested bibliography

Assessment

All course requirements must be approved in order for a student to receive a final course assessment

The student’s coursework is assessed on an ongoing basis. The ongoing assessment is based on supervision, the educator’s assessments, peer review and feedback from fellow students, group discussions and independent reflection on one’s artistic development as seen in relation to the course’s learning outcomes.

The course is graded pass/fail.