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Theatre & Performance Studies

Location

Keele Campus, Toronto, Canada
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Subject Ranking

# 101-120QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

19,663 CADTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

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Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The MA and PhD programs in Theatre & Performance Studies emphasize York’s collective interest in theatre, performance, and cultural politics. Teaching will explore performance both on stage and in everyday life to highlight the cultural, political, material and ideological dimensions of performance practices – both past and present. Studying performances across a broad range of cultural contexts –in theatres, galleries, rituals, the media, the streets, the political arena, mass spectacles, interpersonal interactions etc.  – helps to capture the potential performance must frame critically-nuanced responses to public events, and thus to model politically and ethically engaged forms of public life. Students are encouraged to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of theatre and performance by taking courses, and working closely with, supervisory faculty who come from diverse backgrounds in a range of disciplines including Theatre Studies, Performance Studies, Anthropology, Business, Cinema and Media Studies, Dance Studies, English, Environmental Studies, Humanities, Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies, Nursing, Sociology and Visual Arts. Students also have ample opportunities to engage in performance practice through coursework, workshops, and department activities. 

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The MA and PhD programs in Theatre & Performance Studies emphasize York’s collective interest in theatre, performance, and cultural politics. Teaching will explore performance both on stage and in everyday life to highlight the cultural, political, material and ideological dimensions of performance practices – both past and present. Studying performances across a broad range of cultural contexts –in theatres, galleries, rituals, the media, the streets, the political arena, mass spectacles, interpersonal interactions etc.  – helps to capture the potential performance must frame critically-nuanced responses to public events, and thus to model politically and ethically engaged forms of public life. Students are encouraged to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of theatre and performance by taking courses, and working closely with, supervisory faculty who come from diverse backgrounds in a range of disciplines including Theatre Studies, Performance Studies, Anthropology, Business, Cinema and Media Studies, Dance Studies, English, Environmental Studies, Humanities, Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies, Nursing, Sociology and Visual Arts. Students also have ample opportunities to engage in performance practice through coursework, workshops, and department activities. 

Admission requirements

7+
100+
7.5+
76+

1 Year
Sep
  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
  • Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

5,144 CAD
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International Students

19,663 CAD
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