Taught course
Light in Performance
Entry requirements
Applicants for Masters Programmes will be expected to have a good undergraduate degree in a related subject area. The College also encourages applications from those without formal qualifications who may be accepted on the basis of professional experience.
Months of entry
October
Course content
Course Content
A unique MA Programme that allows you to explore ways of working with light in collaboration with world-leading lighting designers.
What you'll study
The Light in Performance MA offers a unique opportunity to practically explore current uses and applications of light as a material for performance. Learning happens through a series of experimental workshops in a fully equiped studio theatre, observations/placememts, and specialist training with industry partners.
The programme is aimed at lighting specialists who want to develop and expand their practice in designing with light and non-specialists who want to enhance their knowledge of working with light, such as directors, designers, choreographers, dancers, musicians and artists.
Why choose this course?
Expert training: You will have the opportunity to learn and work with world-leading designers, learning from their working methods and practices, before moving on to develop and test your own practice as a performance maker working with light
Professional-experience: The programme includes up to 8 weeks of practical workshops in fully-equipped performance spaces, led by four world-leading lighting designers
Independent learning: On completion of the course, you may wish to work as an independent lighting designer for performance or return to your own specialist practice with an enhanced understanding of how light can be used in performance
Research: You will carefully explore the creation of visual works through a range of research-led, process-driven working methods
Practice-based opportunities: Explore collaborative and interdisciplinary creative processes, work placements at a range of partner organisations both in the UK and abroad, and an opportunity to further develop your personal practice through an individual or collaborative realised lighting design project
World class visiting tutors: Mentors include Patrick Woodroffe, Joe Hill-Gibbins, Professor Roger Kneebone, Durham Marenghi, Carol Scott.
Course breakdown
There are 4 modules in the MA over 13 months:
- Ways of Looking
- Ways of Lighting
- Ways of Working
- Final Project
Information for international students
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Fees and funding
UK students
£18100
International students
£24150
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MA
- full time13 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- The Student Recruitment Team
- studentrecruitment@bruford.ac.uk
- Phone
- 02083082600