This exceptional course will enhance your skills across artistic, academic, educational and community contexts, offering you the opportunity for professional-level repertory performance practice along with membership of The Ensemble, our postgraduate university dance company. The programme also offers a truly global perspective with students and choreographers from around the world bringing a wealth of ideas and diversity.Units include repertory and performance choreographic and dance research somatic practice and dance psychology. The emphasis is on the health of mind and body through dance practice and includes contemporary dance, yoga, improvisation, fusion styles and dance science.You can choose a written dissertation or a practical research project in performance, choreography, dance film-making, teaching/pedagogy or experimental performance.
Which department am I in?
Performing Arts and English
Study options
Full Time
(1 Year)
Tuition fees
£15,600.00 (US$ 20,146)
per year
This is a provisional fee yet to be approved
Start date
October 2026
Venue
Bedford Campus
Polhill Avenue,
Bedford,
MK41 9EA, Southern England, United Kingdom
Entry requirements
For international students
To apply for a postgraduate degree (MA/MSc/MBA/LLM) at the University of Bedfordshire you should have a good honours degree (or equivalent qualification) in an appropriate subject from a recognised university or HE institution. We will also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications or appropriate work experience. Students need to have an IELTS overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each element. TOEFL iBT - Listening: 17, Reading: 18, Speaking: 20, Writing: 17.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.