Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen
Koninklijk Conservatorium van Antwerpen
Masterproject32846/2871/2223/1/03
Study guide

Masterproject

32846/2871/2223/1/03
Academic year 2022-23
Is found in:
  • Educational Master of Arts in Music & Performing Arts, programme stage 5
    Specialisation:
    • Dance
  • Master in Dance, programme stage 4
  • Master in Dance
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 15 credits
Co-ordinator: Terclaevers Iris
Other teaching staff: De Smedt Christine, Epifanio Renata Lamenza
Teaching staff are not (all) known yet.
Languages: Dutch, English
Scheduled for: Semester 1 or Academic year
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Possible deadlines for learning account: 31.10.2022 () or 31.10.2022 ()
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Possibility of deliberation: You have to pass this course unit (will never be deliberated).
Total study time: 450,00 hours

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Short description

The Master Project will follow the student throughout the whole trajectory of the Master Dance. Although this is mostly an individual process, the programme has provided tools to support, develop and create the Master Project in conversation with mentors, peers and the Master Dance team. The notions, methods and practices shared in the previous modules are implemented into the outcomes proposed by the student.

Prerequisite competencies (text)

Passed the admission test.

Learning outcomes (list)

1. Develops and articulates bodily craftmanship through acquired tools and techniques.
1.develops and articulates their bodily craftsmanship through acquired tools and techniques
2. Organizes a sustainable artistic practice to expand the embodied practice.
2. organizes a sustainable artistic practice to expand the embodied practice
3. Reflects and investigates on questions and experiential knowledge in order to deepen their artistic practice.
3.reflects and investigates on questions and experiential knowledge in order to deepen their artistic practice 
4. Shares the embodied craftsmanship within the artistic field.
4.shares the embodied craftsmanship within the artistic field 
5. Builds, through dialogue and transmission, a sustainable practice in an artistic environment.
5.builds, through dialogue and transmission, a sustainable practice in an artistic environment 
6. Is able to research the artistic field to feed their own practice and position themselves accordingly.
6. Is in staat het artistieke veld te onderzoeken om de eigen praktijk te voeden en zich dienovereenkomstig te positioneren
7. Engages craftsmanship and embodied knowledge in other settings.
7.engages their craftsmanship and embodied knowledge in other settings 
8. Constructs, through translation to and interaction with society, a developing practice.
8.constructs, through translation to and interaction with society, a developing practice 
9. Invests, through resonating within the socio-political and economic climate, in the reciprocal relationship between their own artistic practice and society.
9.invests, through resonating within the socio-political and economic climate, in the reciprocal relationship between their artistic practice and society 

Course content

The Master project will follow the student throughout the whole trajectory of the MA Dance. Although this is mostly an individual process, the programme has provided tools to support, develop and create the Master project in conversation with mentors, peers and the Ma team. The notions, methods and practices shared in the previous modules are implemented into the outcomes proposed by the student.

The Master project course will be guided by teacher-artist(s) coming from different backgrounds. In the first working period, students will share collectively and individually their Master projects, presenting a first try-out of their outcomes guided by the tutor. At this point in their trajectory, we expect students to present, perform and elaborate their embodied artistic research on both a physical and cognitive level, yet still with time to develop it until the Master Jury. In the final working period, the tutor will guide students individually and collectively for their Master project presentations.

The Master jury will take place for all students at the end of programme. The individual embodied artistic research carried out throughout the whole trajectory will be evaluated by a panel of internal and external jury, and it will be presented in 3 outcomes: an oral presentation, where the student will present their research project and have a dialogue with the jury; a written component, where the student elaborates their research and the theoretical framework that supports the artistic practice and is contextualised and critically reflected upon; and a performative event , where the student presents their embodied artistic research in dialogue with their research questions and written component. Through these three components, the student demonstrates an embodied knowledge, independent thought and originality in their accomplishment of competences and learning objectives. A detailed description of this course and the outcomes can be found in the Vademecum.

Study material (text): Mandatory

  • See Trotter (study guide)
  • See Vademecum
  • Every student must have a laptop for blended learning (online and offline classes)

Educational organisation (list)

Learning Activities
Artistic praxis30,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours420,00 hours

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
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Academic yearResearch Assignment30,00
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
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Academic yearResearch Assignment30,00
Evaluation(s) for both exam chances, not reproducible in re-sit exam
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Academic yearProject assignment60,00
Academic yearReflection assignment during the examination series10,00

Evaluation (text)

Performative event: project-based assignment 60%
Written component: research assignment 30%
Oral presentation: reflection assignment during the exam season 10%

For the assessment forms project-based assignment and the reflection assignment during the exam season, no second examination opportunity is possible. The grade for project-based assignment and the reflection assignment during the exam season of the first examination period is transferred to the second examination period.