BA Hons Art Event Performance

2nd Year

Your 2nd year is very much about starting to locate your own practice.

You have the opportunity to take on a working placement within the Professional Practice module – our students pursue meaningful and exciting projects within a range of institutions, organisations, venues and companies.

Critical Contexts still runs through the heart of the course, building your historical, theoretical and contextual knowledge.

There are two Live Projects, during which you work with a professional practitioner in the production of a new work of performance.

Elective modules include Ensemble Performance, Writing as a Critic and organisng full Nightclub Events.

Throughout the year there may be additional events, platforms and opportunities for collaboration.

3rd Year

In your 3rd year you concentrate on refining your practice, positioning yourself to exit the course with really impressive, artistic potential. This is achieved through modules that continue to help you to model your discipline on professional modes of practice and build an exciting portfolio of evidence.

You will again spend some time in placement during Professional Practice 2, and this will then be reinforced with a Pilot Project, during which you will be set a challenge by an international artist to make a show within an ensemble context.

 The Publishing Project will then develop your understanding and skills of documentation and dissemination with an in-depth level of research into your chosen area of study. At this point there will also be an opportunity to present your work during the Conference module.

Finally, you will produce a major piece of work in the form of the Lift Off Project, which is where we hope that your acquired knowledge and artistic instrinct will directly inform your final performance.

This work will be then showcased within the university or other spaces, as part of a festival of new performance.