Dance (MFA) – Low-Residency

Montclair State University
4.3
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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

Montclair State University’s new, innovative low-residency MFA in Dance is designed especially for mid-career dance artists, dance teachers and other dance professionals in transition. The program is ideal for those interested in thinking about the shape and future of dance as a discipline and as a field. Appealing to your needs as an experienced dance professional, the program aims to provide you with the knowledge, resources and credentials you need to expand your career — whether to teach dance in higher education, enhance your artistic worldview, and/or become an innovative leader, researcher or advocate for dance.
The program is especially unique in regards to its low-residency format, allowing much of the work to be done online. As a working artist, you will experience the convenience of an on-site/off-site program structure without sacrificing the potential of developing lifelong relationships.

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Location

Start date

Online

Start date

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About this course

The program is focused on students who are interested in a terminal degree program that emphasizes a practice-based curriculum designed to nurture the artist in the development of new knowledge and skills in one or more aspects of performance or choreography, including technology and application of somatic techniques to art-making. The program provides the knowledge and credentials needed to apply for work at universities, thus giving students the resources to become innovative contributors to their fields.

Objectives
Enhance aspects of dance performance or choreography with the acquisition of new knowledge and/or skills.
Encourage students to become conversant in new digital media technologies and their impact on art-making.
Foster students’ development of their own areas of interest and specialization to create a unique artistic voice in the dance field.
Nurture pedagogic ingenuity by encouraging mid-career artists to engage in deep self-reflection and develop their choreographic and teaching practice.
Prepare leaders who will contribute to shaping the future of dance through the development of their creative voice and by engaging in the ongoing theoretical discussions surrounding the field.

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Reviews

4.3
fantastic
  • Scholarships were offered. You need to start early.
    ← | →
  • The campus was good and looked beautiful. Mostly, students were commuters, classes were challenging and informative.
    ← | →
  • Finding an accomodation near school is difficult.
    ← | →
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4.6
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

College Senior

4.0
23/04/2020
About the course: Scholarships were offered. You need to start early.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Recent Alumnus

4.0
22/04/2020
About the course: The campus was good and looked beautiful. Mostly, students were commuters, classes were challenging and informative.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

College Junior

5.0
21/04/2020
About the course: Finding an accomodation near school is difficult.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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This centre's achievements

2019

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The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 5 years

Subjects

  • Dance
  • Dance College
  • Dance Technique
  • Dance History
  • Dance Studies
  • Danceskill
  • MFA in Dance
  • Kinesthetic
  • Digital
  • Technical and aesthetic
  • Analytical skills

Course programme

Curriculum – What You Will Study

The MFA in Dance curriculum includes three main components:

  • Studio and related courses will deepen your creative research practice through examination and enhancement of your artistic skills. You will develop an investigated understanding of the kinesthetic, digital, technical and aesthetic components of your personal artistic interests.
  • Other studies in dance will serve to expand your analytical skills, self-reflection and understanding of theoretical constructs in dance studies, history, pedagogy and theory. You will communicate this understanding in both verbal and written form.
  • Elective Courses (three independently-pursued research courses) will offer the opportunity to develop or enhance a unique specialization and/or perspective related to dance.
Two year course of study:

First Year

Summer Semester (in-person)
  • Special Topics: Dance Technique
  • Improvisation
  • Creative Practices I
  • Dance Technology
Fall Semester (online)
  • Special Projects
  • Performance Perspectives
  • Research, Writing, and Publication
Spring Semester (online)
  • Special Projects
  • Creative Practices II
  • Application of Digital Media
Second Year

Summer Semester (in-person)
  • Special Topics: Dance Technique
  • Danceaturgy: The Performer as Spectator
  • Laban Movement Analysis and its Applications
  • Functional Anatomy
Fall Semester (online)
  • Dance and the Arts in the 20th Cen.
  • Survey of Pedagogical Perspectives
  • Special Projects
Spring Semester (online)
  • Business of Academia
  • Thesis Project
Curriculum:
A. Studio or Related Areas
  • DNCE500 Contemporary Dance Practices
  • DNCE501 Improvisation
  • DNCE502 Creative Practices I
  • DNCE503 Creative Practices II
  • DNCE531 LMA and its Applications
  • DNCE533 Functional Anatomy
  • DNCE698 Thesis Project
  • DNCE520 Dance Technology
  • DNCE521 Application of Digital Media
B. Other Studies in Dance
  • DNCE510 Performance Perspectives
  • DNCE511 Research, Writing, and Publication
  • DNCE512 American Dance and the Arts in the 20th Century
  • DNCE513 Danceaturgy
  • DNCE530 Survey of Pedagogical Practice
  • DNCE532 Business of Academia
C. Electives
  • DNCE 509 Special Projects

See related categories

  • Dance Technique Postgraduate Degrees
  • Dance Postgraduate Degrees
  • Montclair State University Postgraduate Degrees

Dance (MFA) – Low-Residency

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