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What will I learn?

Join a vibrant research community with opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaborations. We welcome proposals for research in any area of contemporary dance and dance as a cultural discourse, but we are especially interested in supervising practice-as-research projects that focus on choreographic practice, screendance practice, somatic movement and embodiment practices.

The award-winning purpose-built House Theatre provides a state-of-the-art and fully accessible 200-seater auditorium, studio theatre and rehearsal spaces. Learn from highly skilled and internationally renowned practitioners and scholars. Work within the Performance, Experience and Presence (PEP) research group which greatly informs the teaching on this programme. Make use of the close links we have fostered with leading dance companies and professional artists, and gain extra experience that will open up your career prospects. Plymouth has a vibrant and active dance scene, with Plymouth Dance and Dance in Devon supporting the dance ecology in Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall. Opportunities to participate in dance technique classes; the theatre and performance department also hosts a number of master classes, workshops and performance opportunities that are open to you. Engage with Plymouth鈥檚 vibrant theatre and performance scene with The Arts Institute, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Barbican Theatre Plymouth, 麻豆原创 events and training workshops arranged by the department itself. In the past, our nationally and internationally acclaimed visitors have included Candoco, StopGap, Rambert, Flying Low, Jordi Cortes,Yael Flexer, Rick Nodine, Kirstie Simson, Wendy Houstoun, LailioDaillo, Epic Arts, Russell Maliphant, 2 Faced Dance, Zoielogic and Liz Aggiss. Choose to study full time or part time to fit in with your career plans or other commitments. Be part of a lively interdisciplinary arts and research community where you鈥檒l mix with staff and students from across the arts faculty, creating opportunities for collaborative performance and practice-based research.

This full time or part time doctoral programme is suitable for people who have a particular research question or topic in mind, and wish to explore this through independent study in order to produce an original contribution to the subject. If you aspire to a research career this is the most appropriate research degree to undertake. You will be guided by a small supervisory team of academic experts under the direction of a Director of Studies. You will be expected to fully engage with skills development and training and to present your research in a range of scholarly contexts.

Which department am I in?

School of Society and Culture

Study options

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
拢18,030.00 (US$ 23,284) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

April 2025

Venue

Plymouth University

Drake Circus,

Plymouth,

PL4 8AA, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants are expected to have completed a masters level qualification to a high standard (e.g. at 'merit' or 'distinction' level) as well as either a good 2:1 or first class honours undergraduate degree in an area of study appropriate to your project proposal (e.g. theatre and performance, drama, dance, live or fine art, performance writing, etc.). We are happy to consider equivalent qualifications (for instance, you may have studied different subjects at undergraduate and masters level but have established an artistic practice since then). If English is not your first language, you must have proficiency in written and spoken English (normally a minimum test score of 6.5 for IELTS, or equivalent). Given the nature of the programme, you鈥檒l be expected to read and engage with complex theoretical texts and debates for which fluency in English is essential. The TOEFL Score would be 90 and Component scores of listening 17, reading 18, speaking 20, writing 18.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About University of Plymouth

The University of Plymouth has been awarded Gold ratings across the board in the latest round of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF 2023).

  • 4th in UK (Unifresher Ultimate Alternative University 2023)
  • 7th in the UK for Best University (2022 StudentCrowd award)
  • 139,000 alumni across 135 countries
  • Gold in latest Teaching Excellence Framework (2023)