Live Art and Performance Studies, Master of Arts in Theatre and Drama

Live Art and Performance Studies, Master of Arts in Theatre and Drama is a Masters program taught at University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (2 years) options.

The Live Art and Performance Studies programme investigates what performance does, how it does it, and the effects performance may have in society. It gives practical and theoretical tools for artists who want to explore, develop and distribute their practice and knowledge in society.

The programme combines critical thinking with practice-led research. Its lecturers, mentors, visiting artists and theorists bring approaches such as visual culture, gender studies, performance philosophy, performative research, embodiment, community-based practice, anthropology, mediated performance, performative writing, and the political theory of performance and activism. The programme lasts 2 years and is taught through contact teaching. Graduates are competent professional artists in contemporary art and can disseminate their practice and research in public fora.

The minimum requirements for admission in Live Art and Performance Studies, Master of Arts in Theatre and Drama at University of the Arts Helsinki for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of the Arts Helsinki.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of the Arts Helsinki as pre-requiste for admission in Live Art and Performance Studies, Master of Arts in Theatre and Drama.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://opintopolku.fi/konfo/en/koulutus/1.2.246.562.13.00000000000000000963

• professional artists in the field of contemporary art

6 fully funded scholarships are listed for Finland. See Finland scholarships.