Programmes

Master in Performance (120 ECTS)

MA in Performance is a two-year full time study, for those with a developed artistic practice from any art field, wishing to expand their approach into and as performance. Research with guest artists and faculty in interdisciplinary composition, materiality and new dramaturgies enhance the development of students’ own methods and relations to theory, expanding contested perspectives on what performance is and can do. Students develop ethical reflection within practical master projects, contextualizing their methods and work in the expanded field internationally.

ECTS Credits:: 120
Study duration:: 2 years
Start of studies programme:: August, 2024
Term fee:: 810 NOK
Teaching language:: English
Campus:: Fredrikstad
Application opens:: November 1, 2023
Application deadline:: January 15, 2024
Tuition fee:: Students from countries outside the EU/EEA/EFTA must pay tuition fees

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Alumni interview

Norwegian Theatre Academy: A safe space for learning, sharing practices and knowledge Oct. 6, 2023

- A safe space for learning, sharing practices and knowledge. This is how Luanda Carneiro Jacoel experienced being a Master in Performance student at Norwegian Theatre Academy.
Experienced artist reflects on her MA in Performance at NTA: Modes of listening and time Nov. 5, 2021

The master program in performance at NTA made it possible for choreographer, dancer and performance artist, Inger-Reidun Olsen to explore and deepen her own work.
"It is a daring program that pushes the borders of what an art institution can be" Oct. 10, 2019

Taking part in a workshop and the caring atmosphere at Norwegian Theatre Academy (NTA) triggered artist Fernanda Branco to engage as a full-time student at the international master program in performance.