Overview

Students in the Experimental Choreography program at the University of California, Riverside, typically six quarters long, engage in a series of core choreography courses and select critical dance studies seminars, and fulfill the degree through design and direction of a choreographic project unique to their cumulative research. M.F.A. students are equally enriched by the professional relationships they develop with our undergraduate population through teaching, directing, producing, and community engagement.

Learning outcomes

UCR’s M.F.A. program is unique for the close relationship it maintains with the Ph.D. in Critical Dance Studies, one of the preeminent programs for intellectual inquiry in the field of cultural, political, and historical studies of dance. Cooperation between these two programs, both conceptually and through intersecting curricula, contributes to the department’s embrace of dance making and scholarship as complementary modes of investigation.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Improvising Choreography: Scores, Structures, and Strategies

Creating the Experiment: Identifying the New

Dancing Representation: Figures, Forms, and Frames

Collaborating in Dance Making: Material, Methods, and Interactions

Studio Pedagogy + DNCE 292: Concurrent Analytical Studies

Special Topics in Dance Making

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

54 SCH

40 units of course work and 12-14 units of independent research

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Riverside, United States

Disciplines

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants to the MFA in Experimental Choreography must demonstrate significant professional experience as an active choreographer making and producing work, and must have a B.A. or a B.F.A. degree from an accredited institution.

Work Sample Requirements and Specifications:

Three work samples should be provided via a stable online link and hosted by Vimeo, YouTube or any media player compatible with both Mac and PC computer playback.

Work descriptions and credits (75 words max) must be imbedded in the info field of the online video, if possible, or submitted as an electronic document with other application materials.

Work samples should be what best represents the applicant’s choreographic practice and should ideally include at least one full-length work. Highlight reels or highly edited videos that inaccurately represent the work are discouraged.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

24010 USD / year

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Out-of-State

24010 USD / year

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In-State

8980 USD / year

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Living costs

Riverside

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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