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Nordic Master of Arts in Dance studies
NUMBER OF STUDENTS ADMITTED: 10
ADDRESS: NTNU, Department of Music
Idrettssenteret, Dragvoll, Loholt allé 81
PHONE: +47 73 59 64 93
E-MAIL: dansevitskap
@
hf.ntnu.no
URL: www.ntnu.edu/studies/mdans
STUDY ADVISOR:
Lill Hege Pedersen
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
www.ntnu.edu/studies/imp/admission
Nordic Master of Arts in Dance studies (NO-MA-DS)
ABOUT THE MASTER’S PROGRAMME
The Nordic Master of Arts in Dance
studies (NO-MA-DS) is a cooperation
between the Norwegian University of
Science and Technology (NTNU) and the
Universities of Copenhagen, Stockholm
and Tampere. Such cooperation creates a
synergetic effect by putting competences
of teachers together and crossing boun-
daries between genres, countries, arts
and sciences. The compulsory courses
in NO-MA-DS emphasise theories and
methods, dance analysis and the history
of dance.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The programme is open to both
international and Norwegian students.
Admittance to the programme requires
a bachelor’s degree in dance studies or
another relevant discipline, combined
with good background in dance, or other
equivalent education. Admission to the
programme of study requires a minimum
C average (in the Norwegian grading
system) or equivalent. However a C
average is not a guarantee for admission.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Instruction in these courses is structured
around intensive periods of teaching and
academic supervision. The coursework
amounts to three semesters of full-time
study. The master program in dance
studies includes four joint courses:
Dance analysis taught at NTNU (15
ECTS), Dance and cultural theory taught
at University of Stockholm (15 ECTS),
Dance history taught at University of
Copenhagen (15 ECTS) and Dance
anthropology taught at University of
Tampere (15 ECTS). NTNU additionally
offers a sufficient variety of courses to
fill the electives, which equal 30 ECTS.
Master’s thesis is 30 ECTS and is written
during the two final semesters of study.
POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR A MASTER’S
THESIS IN DANCE STUDIES
ww Ethnographies on traditional dance
ww Ethnographies on theatrical dance
environments
ww Dancing children
ww Didactics of Dance teaching
ww Processes of artistic dance creation
ww Study of dance events
ww Movement analysis of dance material
ww Ethnographic and fieldwork
methodologies
ww Dance in community
STUDY ENVIRONMENT
The Program of Dance Studies at NTNU
is taught in close cooperation with the
Norwegian Centre for Traditional Music
and Dance. The centre runs many larger
and smaller projects within the field of
dance, and can offer students access to
extensive archives of audio-visual dance
and music material, and a large
specialised library. Students can benefit
from opportunities for practical
experience in fieldwork, the use of film
and sound recording technologies,
digitising, cataloguing and archiving
methodologies, and practice in the
teaching of dance. It also organises
evenings for social dancing. NTNU is a
central institution within the internatio-
nal dance research community, and
hosts an Intensive Erasmus program
with 60 students and 20 teachers from
all over Europe. It also coordinates the
Erasmus Mundus master's program
Choreomundus - International master's
in Dance Knowledge, Practice and
Heritage (see www.choreomundus.org
for more information). Students in the
NO-MA-DS programme will benefit from
being a part of this strong international
research milieu.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Nordic Master of Arts in Dance Studies
will be relevant for building a career
related to teaching dance at many levels,
in various public sectors and govern-
mental organizations. This may include
policy and planning for dance as part of
cultural development both locally and
internationally. Other important areas
are artistic research in dance companies,
collaboration in Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs), festivals and
tourist industries.
Photo: The Norwegian Council for Traditional Music and Dance