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ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem is one of the Netherlands' foremost institutions for higher arts education. Its Master of Theatre Practices (now Home of Performance Practices) is an internationally celebrated graduate laboratory for experimental choreography, body-based sonic arts, post-dramatic theatre, and ecological dramaturgy.
Prestigious Dutch Ministry of Education scholarship awarded to exceptionally talented international master's students from outside the EEA.
Two-year full-time graduate degree empowering independent artists to test radical performance methodologies and complete an international thesis work.
Four-month practical curatorial and production residency embedded in the Spring Performing Arts Festival Utrecht programming team.
One-year visiting artist-in-residence fellowship exploring ecological grief, more-than-human performance, and body-based sound practices in Gelderland.
Four-year conservatory program training contemporary dancers in Graham, Cunningham, release technique, contact improvisation, and creative repertoire.
Two-week laboratory intensive in Arnhem exploring extended vocal techniques, contact microphones on body tissue, and collective sound rituals.
Four-year joint PhD in the Arts (in partnership with Radboud University or Leiden University) investigating choreographic notation and political bodies.
Professor of Theatre and Dramaturgy
Nirav Christophe is Professor of Theatre and Dramaturgy in the ArtEZ Professorship in Theatre Practices at ArtEZ University of the Arts - Home of Performance Practices, conducting advanced research in Collaborative playwriting methodologies, Practice-as-research in theatre, Ecological dramaturgy.
Topics: Collaborative playwriting methodologies, Practice-as-research in theatre, Ecological dramaturgy, Interdisciplinary performance creation
View researcher profile ↗Head of Master of Performance Practices
Pavlos Kountouriotis is Head of Master of Performance Practices in the Home of Performance Practices at ArtEZ University of the Arts - Home of Performance Practices, conducting advanced research in Choreography as political activism, Queer performance theory, Somatic architectures.
Topics: Choreography as political activism, Queer performance theory, Somatic architectures, Philosophy of performance
View researcher profile ↗Senior Lecturer in Dance History & Dramaturgy
Dr. Jeroen Fabius is Senior Lecturer in Dance History & Dramaturgy in the ArtEZ School of Dance at ArtEZ University of the Arts - Home of Performance Practices, conducting advanced research in History of contemporary European dance, Choreographic dramaturgy, Embodied archives and reconstruction.
Topics: History of contemporary European dance, Choreographic dramaturgy, Embodied archives and reconstruction, Dance pedagogy in higher education
View researcher profile ↗All listings are compiled from official university sources and reviewed under OpenField editorial standards. Program availability, scholarship quotas, and entry requirements are subject to university revisions. Applicants should confirm all deadlines with ArtEZ University of the Arts - Home of Performance Practices's official admissions office.
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