MA IN PERFORMING ARTS PRACTICES AND VISUAL CULTURE 2010-2011 by Universidad de Alcalá (UAH), Madrid

[Marlon Barrios Solano]

MA in Performing Arts Practices and Visual Culture-ENGLISH.pdf

Directors: Pilar Lacasa / José Antonio Sánchez
Coordinators: Victoria Pérez Royo / Pedro Sarmiento
Jointly offered by the University of Alcala (UAH) and the National Museum Reina Sofia in
Madrid in collaboration with University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Teatro Circo
La Casa Encendida and MATADERO Madrid.
Duration: One academic year / 60 ECTS
Starting: October 2010
Profile: practice-based research

More info: [e-mail]

Teaching staff: Juan Domínguez, Óskar Gómez Mata, Mårten Spångberg, Los Torreznos,
Cuqui Jerez, Amalia Fernández, Carlos Marquerie, Ingrid Wildi, Marlon Barrios Solano,
Eugene van Erben, José A. Sánchez, Victoria Pérez Royo, Óscar Cornago, Christine
Greiner, Zeynep Günsür, Bojana Kunst, Ana Vujanovic, Reinaldo Laddaga, Ric Allsopp,
Alice Chauchat, Maral Kekejan, Marta Oliveres, Fernando Quesada, Isabel de Naverán,
Amparo Écija, Isis Saz, Patricia Ruiz, Mercedes Pacheco, Eva López Crevillén, Pablo
Palacio...
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This MA proposes a practical approach to research in which a close collaboration is
fostered between theory and praxis in the field of visual arts and performing arts. By
means of the studentʼs participation on a variety of formats such as laboratories,
workshops and seminars, the studentʼs creative praxis is integrated with relevant
theoretical discourses, in order to reach a productive cooperation among conceptual
methods, critical instruments and creative research practices. In this context the studentʼs
autonomous work is extremely relevant and is developed throughout the programme in a
continuous dialogue with mentors, supervisors, teaching staff, invited artists and fellow
students. It takes the form of an immersion in a process of interdisciplinary dialogue in
which students have the opportunity of collectivelly reflecting on their own work, as well as
on research instruments and methodologies.
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In this MA, performing arts are enhanced and enriched with visual artistic practices.
In order to allow the emergence of this interdisciplinarity, the programme is structured
around two lines of work: audiovisual work and relational practices. Addressing creative
praxis in this crossdisciplinary way allows students to gain a comprehensive understanding
of their field of research.
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The participation of a great number of professionals coming from different areas
within the field of performing arts such as creation, curating, critique, research and the
academy offers the students an access to the reality of contemporary tendencies and
developments, as well as to the professional world after completion of the MA."
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This degree is based on the affirmation that creative practices can be considered
research processes. The integration in Spain of arts education in the European system of
higher education implies the consideration of the arts as disciplines that generate
knowledge. The goal of this degree is to open a space for research conducted by artists,
theoreticians and pedagogues in the field of performing arts, providing specific areas of
work and methodologies that encompass the uniqueness of performance.
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The field or performance practice has been transformed and today it shows a strong
tendency towards research. While the 80s and 90s witnessed a praxis more focused on
production and marketing of pieces for the stage, creative activities are understood,
conceived, proposed and organized nowadays as research processes. This can be seen
especially in the work of a number of artists who have explored and challenged the limits
and the ways of functioning of the theatrical device. For such an exploration, they have
made use of artistic fields and disciplines more or less connected with their work, which
has taken performing arts practices to a radical interdisciplinary situation. Expressions
such as “body arts” or “action arts” are a proof of this tendency; by using them we show
how diverse the field has become and how it is admitted to use hybrid practices from
different sources.
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These transformations have generated new ways of working and acting in the areas
of program design, cultural policies, production and aesthetic reflexion. On the other hand,
education cannot stay unaware and should adapt its training programs in performance
practice to the changes described. Our degree in Performing Arts Practices and Visual
Culture is the answer to these demands. It follows a multidisciplinary approach with an
artist/researcher profile which acknowledges the changes we have described.
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From a professional point of view, educational programmes in performing arts need
to adapt to the developments that the concept of artistic creation has undergone in recent
years. The artist is no longer a virtuoso in one or two specialties, but a researcher
accustomed to moving between interdisciplinary fields, who knows different methodologies
and who has the ability to adapt to different forms of action. The professional interest of
the Master in Performings Arts Practices and Visual Culture lies on its capacity to prepare
new generations of artists and researchers for the interdisciplinary conditions which define
contemporary practice. Our program sets a kind of research which is closely related with
contemporary creation and allows the student to acquire first hand knowledge about
artistic processes and contemporary tendencies, while providing the flexibility and scope
needed to adapt to this changing reality.
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Both the interdisciplinary approach and the integration of creative and research
practices allow the program to establish a framework for the generation of new artistic
research projects in the field of performing arts. The student finds the conditions in which
he/she can question methods and models, expand the boundaries of theatre and dance
trough dialogue and interaction with other creative areas, with forms of communication and
expression of contemporary culture and withsocial and discursive practices.

MA in Performing Arts Practices and Visual Culture-ENGLISH.pdf

[Mónica Alarcón]

Hola,
me parece una perspectiva muy interesante. Yo soy filosófa dedica a la teoría de la danza y desde hace dos años trabajo con el grupo mBody en Alemania en un proyecto de investigación artística (Künstlerische Forschung) sobre memoria corporal. Yo trato de conciliar la fenomenología y la investigación artística en una teoría de la experiencia. Lamentablemente tengo sólo un texto en alemán. Me interesa el intercambio al respecto en español.