Overview

Open to artist-students with expertise in all forms of movement practice from any culture or geographical area, the Dance - Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis degree not only encourages, it requires substantial study in related disciplines chosen from Duke University’s many outstanding graduate programs.

In addition, during the first summer term, MFA students will incorporate and contribute to the richness of the American Dance Festival experience.

Key Features

The Master of Fine Arts in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis is a two-year, full-time terminal degree program that embraces dance creation and performance across a range of cultures and contexts. Our highly tailored, approach takes full advantage of Duke’s status as an elite research institution.

Transdisciplinary immersion is woven into our curricular approach to enhance our students’ capacities to engage pressing global issues from a fundamentally embodied perspective. Artists depart the program with a honed ability to translate the theoretical specificity of their artistic research and an expanded network to support future contributions and enhance their longevity as artists.

Whether you want to create dances, design movement and dance experiences for others, teach embodied topics at the college level or make policy at the national level, the Duke Dance MFA/EIP provides students with the skills to translate the value of dance, performance and embodied knowledge (corporeality) to diverse publics.

Thesis portfolios and writing anchor students’ dance-making in their unique positions in the world. A terminal dance practice degree, the MFA from Duke equips students to contribute as creative partners who galvanize collective responsibility for embodied knowledge, history and power and who work through dance to create a more just world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Choreographic Praxis

Movement Research

Theories of Corporeality

Research Methods in Dance

Graduate Dance Elective

Critique

Thesis Project

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Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-18 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

48 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Durham, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Hold a bachelor's degree (B.A., B.F.A., or the equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree) from an accredited institution.

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Submit three letters of recommendation.

Submit a Research Proposal (2-4 pages) covering the topic, purpose, methodology and direction of your interdisciplinary research during your Graduate study.

Submit a Statement of Purpose, including personal history detailing prior experience in performance, dance and/or choreography and linking this to what you hope to achieve in the program.

Submit a work sample document with hyperlinks to your creative work to date. Provide a very short description of each link to specify its relationship to your research proposal. Relevant samples can include videos, photographs, written interviews, blogs, websites, articles, and reviews.

Tuition Fees

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Living costs

Durham

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990 - 1670 USD / month

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