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.
The Performance programme consists of the following courses:
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Anne Elmholt and Nina Kunzendorf, Liminal Theatre “Phrases to be used upon…”, 2018 Platform Theatre
College: Central Saint Martins Level: Undergraduate
BA (Hons) Performance: Design and Practice
Challenging assumptions and territories, this course explores theatre, film, video and live art. It emphasises collaborative practice, instilling a strong set of specialist and transferable skills. In the final year you’ll shape your own individual project, anticipating your future in this diverse and expanding sector.
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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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College: Central Saint Martins Level: Postgraduate
MA Performance: Writing
We train the next generation of writing talent, giving them the confidence and skills required to thrive in the industry.
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Image courtesy of UAL,
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.
Performance stories
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Hybrid Futures
Hybrid Futures gathered together a constellation of voices and perspectives on the contested relationship between humans and machines. Here, Dr Betti Marenko – Reader in Design and Techno-Digital Futures – shares her reflections on the event
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Class of 2020: The Body
Depictions of the human body are a constant throughout art history. Here, we talk to the 2020 graduates who incorporate the body into their creative process – from performative drawing to explorations of illness.
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Class of 2020: Collaboration During Crisis
We talk to the 2020 graduates who have worked collectively during crisis.
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Class of 2020: Yifat Shir-Moskovitz
Graduating from MA Performance Design and Practice, Yifat Shir-Moskovitz talks to us about her film Under Con(s)traction in which she parallels the months of her pregnancy with a nine-phase baking recipe.
