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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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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Image: Yui Yamamoto Student Work. Credit: Alys Tomlinson.
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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Credit: Elmira Ismukhamedova MullenLowe NOVA Awards 2023: the nominees
Announcing the nominations for this year's MullenLowe NOVA Awards for Fresh Creative Talent, as part of CSM Shows 2023. This year, 52 nominated students present projects across art, design, fashion, architecture, materials and performance.
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Jingyi Yu, MA Performance Design and Practice Class of 2022: Futures at Work
On Central Saint Martins: URL you'll find Futures at Work, a collection of graduating work that presents reflections and propositions for work.
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Seowon Park, MA Narrative Environments Class of 2022: Food
On Central Saint Martins: URL you'll find a collection of projects that look at food in a myriad of ways. Here, we pause on handful of that work by graduating students, from spatial design that connects community to its local food system to an
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Fran Hayes, BA Fine Art Nominations for MullenLowe NOVA Awards 2022 announced
As we prepare to open our doors to celebrate our graduating students in Central Saint Martins Shows, we can share the nominations for this year's MullenLowe NOVA Awards for Fresh Creative Talent.