The Performance programme takes an interdisciplinary, experimental and frequently collaborative approach to performance-making. The work produced is political, free-thinking and inclusive. It encompasses, moving image, socially-engaged practice, choreography, scenography, dramaturgy and immersive technologies.
Our student body and teaching team come from a wide range of personal and professional perspectives. As a community, we are deeply committed to the idea that diverse ecologies are the most vibrant creatively and we actively celebrate difference. As a programme, we encourage creative risk-taking by cultivating a supportive and accepting environment in which unique individual and collective perspectives can develop. We believe in the potential for performance to change the society in which we all live.
Courses
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Gabriella Engdahl, Normal World,
College: Central Saint Martins Level: Undergraduate
BA (Hons) Performance: Design and Practice
BA Performance: Design and Practice is a course for performance-makers and the makers of performance.
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MA Character Animation, Central Saint Martins.
College: Central Saint Martins Level: Postgraduate
MA Character Animation
Ideas for stories and characters, but not sure how to make them move?
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Design by Boyle & Perks featuring the work of Jane Lawson photographed by Julian Lister,
College: Central Saint Martins Level: Postgraduate
MA Intercultural Practices
Preparing you for future careers where intercultural collaboration is essential.
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‘The Little Death’ by Mina Orak and Justin Atkins, Little Death, Mina Alacalioglu
College: Central Saint Martins Level: Postgraduate
MA Performance: Design and Practice
Bringing together artists, directors, writers, researchers and designers, this course sets the agendas that drive performance practice in the twenty-first century.
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Fabio Modonutti and Victoria Gong MAPS 2022. Photo by: Ali
College: Central Saint Martins Level: Postgraduate
MA Performance: Screen
MA Performance: Screen supports you to define your voice and strategy as an independent film maker and screen-based performance maker.
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Design by Boyle & Perks featuring photo by Mark Duffield,
College: Central Saint Martins Level: Postgraduate
MA Performance: Society
MA Performance: Society explores radical, socially engaged performance through live, screen-based and sited practice.
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College: Central Saint Martins Level: Postgraduate
MA Performance: Writing
Innovation in the art of scriptwriting for theatre, TV, film, audio and digital media. MA Performance: Writing is dedicated to exploring storytelling across platforms taught by working professionals.
Performance stories
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HERDENTIER by Paula Dischinger - 2025 MA Performance: Society, Camera: Quirin Siegert The Graduate Award 2025: in their words
The CSM Museum & Study Collection has purchased works from graduating students for the last three decades, improving representation in its storytelling and reflecting the diverse communities at CSM.
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Credit: Dieter Vlasich Obermann, 2025 MullenLowe NOVA Awards 2025: the nominees
The nominations for this year's MullenLowe NOVA Awards are a filter of the CSM class of 2025: fifty-one ideas across art, design, fashion, architecture, materials and performance that bring us to a closer understanding of our selves and our future.
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Evy Prentice, MA Graphic Communication Design MullenLowe NOVA Awards 2024 shortlist
Presenting the 2024 shortlist for the MullenLowe NOVA Awards for Fresh Creative Talent. Fifteen works by our graduating students across art, design, performance, fashion, materials and culture.
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Tong Yin, BA Textile Design MullenLowe NOVA Awards 2024: the nominees
The nominations for this year's MullenLowe NOVA Awards are a filter of the CSM class of 2024: fifty ideas across art, design, fashion, architecture, materials and performance that bring us to a closer understanding of our selves and our future.