"Mediation" / "Transmission Processes" in dance and from dance offer diverse professional perspectives not only in the field of cultural education and mediation work. The field of "mediation" today forms an exemplary space for negotiating questions relevant to society as a whole. The importance in dealing with the physical dimensions of learning, transfer and creative processes has fundamentally changed. There is a stronger need for body-sensitive mediation skills in a large number of areas of activity in various social contexts.

The consecutive master's program in dance mediation picks up on this development in terms of structure and content: Students develop and deepen dance-specific skills in a learning environment that promotes the development of innovative approaches to mediation in a practical and analytical way. This happens in dealing with singular artistic practices, with the conditions of collective (learning) processes, with aspects of physical reflexivity and 'embodied learning' as well as through comparative insights into mediation concepts in and from various educational contexts.

An in-depth, research- and application-oriented course is offered. The experience, knowledge and skills acquired in the master's program enable students to sharpen their profile in dance, artistic-choreography and/or physical transmission processes in other fields of work from a politically and socially sensitized practical and theoretical perspective on 'mediation'. The curriculum gives the opportunity to acquire a comprehensive range of instruments for designing and analyzing body-based mediation processes in dance.

The master's program is aimed at students who have completed an undergraduate degree in dance, dance mediation, physical and movement practice or an undergraduate degree that enables them to specialize in dance-performative practice. In addition, the aptitude required for the course may also have been acquired in the professional working field or in some other way.

One focus of the curriculum formats is on practical and theoretical testing. The reflection of group-oriented working methods that promote a conscious approach to diversity, as well as on methods that enable self-organized and self-responsible learning is another area of concentration.

All of the areas (e.g. dance-artistic-choreographic approaches, body and training practices, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to knowledge transfer and educational processes, artistic research methods) are brought together through the continual individual project work of the students. With increasing specification of their respective specializations and their continuously acquired expertise, students also have the opportunity to set their own priorities through elective modules and individual support from mentors and to network with cooperation partners and institutions in the professional field.

The Centre for Contemporary Dance is also very well connected and networked with the dance scene in North Rhine-Westphalia (e.g. tanzhaus nrw, PACT Zollverein, FFT Düsseldorf, tanzfaktur Köln, Schauspiel Köln) and promotes contacts with the regional and national scene as well as with university partner institutions.

APPLICATION TIME

Master of Arts Mediation in Dance: April 15, 2022 for a course starting in the winter semester 2022/23

Detailed information on the aptitude test and admission requirements.

Basic Information

• Degree: Master of Arts
• Standard period of study: 4 semesters
• Start of studies: winter semester
• Amount of study: 120 credits