MA Dance Professional Practice locates the learners 'signature dance practice' at the heart of the course and addresses employability agendas. The course is designed around three strands: Dance Performance, Dance Making and Thinking through Dance. This course will balance taught and research elements, providing current methodologies towards research, knowledge and creativity which can be applied to the students' communities and/or developing artistic practice. Students will be encouraged to draw upon their dance culture, identity and movement experience alongside a curriculum designed to explore and develop their signature practice within the context of current research and industry perspectives.