application guide dance & participation
APPLY FOR THE MASTER (MFA) IN DANCE AND PARTICIPATION
Every other year DASPA enrols 5-7 students into the Master’s Programme in Dance and Participation in Copenhagen.
APPLICATION
It is no longer possible to apply for the Master’s Programme in Dance and Participation starting in August 2024. The application deadline was 15 March 2024.
Have you already applied for the programme, you can read about the admission process below.
The programme’s admission requirements are that applicants pass an audition and have undertaken an artistic education equivalent to a bachelor's level from the Danish National School of Performing Arts (three or four years) or another relevant Danish or foreign higher education institution*.
Whereas most students at the programme have several years of professional experience prior to entering the education, there is no time limit on the time that may elapse between the completion of your bachelor’s level degree and applying for admission to the master's programme.
If you expect to complete your qualifying education after the application deadline, you must enclose a document from the educational institution confirming that your expected time of completion is before your study start in August.
*A bachelor's level degree from DASPA (three or four years) does not constitute a legal entitlement to be admitted to the master’s programme in Dance and Participation. All applicants with a qualifying degree must go through the same application process.
FIRST SELECTION
Based on an assessment of the qualifying education and the documents in the application in relation to the assessment criteria, the admission committee selects a limited number of applicants to come for audition. Applicants will be notified no later than two weeks after the application deadline. If you are not invited for the audition, the admission panel will not be able to give individual feedback.
AUDITION
The audition will take place 19-21 April 2024 in Copenhagen (NB. These are the correct dates. The dates mentioned in the recording of the information meeting are incorrect.). Invited applicants partake in teaching situations, including creative choreographic tasks and collaborative work, and are asked to facilitate prepared material. There will also be individual interviews, where the admission committee and the applicant discuss the applicant’s expectations regarding the education. You will receive further information if you are invited to the audition.
If you are not admitted to the programme after the audition, you will be offered individual feedback. You will be notified about this option in an email.
LANGUAGE
The admission process and the interviews will be in English.
The Admissions Committee consists of:
- The head of the programme
- An external examiner appointed by the Ministry of Culture
- A teacher from DASPA
- A master student from DASPA
The admission committee emphasises various qualities in their assessment, including the applicant's
- readiness and capacity to engage with the programme.
- potential for further development within the subject area.
- creative, communicative and collaborative skills.
- technical, choreographic and compositional skills.
- ability to clearly articulate ideas through movement, speech, and text.
- ability to facilitate experiences for others.
- willingness and capacity to navigate within complex and unpredictable situations.
- capacity to self-organise.
- personal motivation, including an idea of how the education is expected to shape the future artistic practice of the applicant.
The applicant does not necessarily need to possess all the mentioned qualities, the above should be understood as guidelines for what the admission committee prioritises in the selection. The admission committee may also pay attention to the group constellation.
LANGUAGE
In the audition, the admission committee will assess the applicants’ level of oral English. If the admission panel is not convinced that an applicant has a sufficient level of English to complete the programme, they might ask for detailed documentation of the applicant’s proficiencies in English.
The admission committee will select a number of applicants from the audition that have not been admitted to the programme but still remain eligible for the programme. These applicants could be contacted should one of the selected candidates not accept the admission offer. There will not be a priority list, as the admission committee may also pay attention to the group constellation in order to make the decision.
Appeals against the decision of the admissions committee can be made via the Rector of the Danish School of Performing Arts. This must be done within two weeks of receiving the decision. The Rector adjudicates the complaint and provides any further guidance concerning complaint procedures. If the complaint concerns the academic decision on admission to the programme, the decision cannot be appealed further. If the complaint concerns legal issues such as incapacity or compliance with the deadline for submitting applications, the Rector's decision may be appealed via the Minister of Culture within two weeks of receiving the Rector's decision.