Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen
Koninklijk Conservatorium van Antwerpen
Masterproject32846/3501/2526/1/78
Study guide

Masterproject

32846/3501/2526/1/78
Academic year 2025-26
Is found in:
  • Educational Master of Arts in Music & Performing Arts, programme stage 5
    Specialisation:
    • Dance
  • Master in Dance
  • Master in Dance, programme stage 4
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 15 credits
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
  • credit contract.
  • exam contract (to obtain a credit).
  • exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Teaching staff: Brevers Anne-Lise, Tchernokondratenko Anastasia
Teaching staff are not (all) known yet.
Languages: Dutch, English
Scheduled for: Academic year
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2025 (Academic year)
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.

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 accompanies the student throughout the entire MA Dance program. Although it is primarily an individual process, the program offers tools to support, develop, and create the Master Project in dialogue with mentors, peers, and the Master team. The concepts, methods, and practices shared in the previous modules are implemented in the outcomes proposed by the student.

The Master Project course is guided by various teaching artists with diverse backgrounds. During the first work period, students collectively and individually share their Master Projects and present an initial try-out of their results under the guidance of the instructor. At this point in their journey, students are expected to present, perform, and develop their embodied artistic research both physically and cognitively, while still having time to refine it further leading up to the Master Jury. In the final work period, the teaching artist will support the students both individually and collectively in preparation for their Master Project presentations.

A detailed description of this course component can be found in the Vademecum.

Study material (text): Mandatory

  • See Programme Guide.
  • See Vademecum.
  • Every student must have a laptop for blended learning (online and offline classes).

Educational organisation (list)

Learning Activities
Artistic praxis60,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours390,00 hours

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
1st examination periodResearch Assignment30,00
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
2nd examination periodResearch Assignment30,00
Evaluation(s) for both exam chances, not reproducible in re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
1st examination periodArtistic educative project assignment10,00
1st examination periodProject assignment60,00

Evaluation (text)

Performative event: project-based assignment 60%
Research paper: research assignment 30%
Oral presentation: reflection assignment during the exam 10%

The student must complete the three components to pass this course unit.

The student must pass the three components to pass the entire course unit. If one fails a partial , the lowest grade of the subtest becomes the grade of the entire course unit and the student is referred to the next examination period for the entire course unit.

No second examination opportunity is possible for the test forms project assignment and reflection assignment.
The grade for the project assignment and the reflection assignment of the first examination period is transferred to the second examination period.