As an integral part of the curricula of the performing arts courses at the College, there is regular creative and research work in all our courses. The academic year is divided into five periods, in each of which students participate in a new research or creative process, individually or in small groups, and in different roles: as leaders, co-creators, researchers, performers… The “individual work” and “rehearsal” time slot (individual or group, but not teacher-led), varying from one day to another or from one week to another, provide a “compulsory” routine and experience for creative, experimental work, research and performance. The college provides the space and time for this, as well as a professional mentor to support you.

The results of the projects are presented and evaluated at the College’s internal forum, the In-House Shows, with the active participation of the student and teacher community. These Shows are a platform for the presentations of students’ independent work, where not only the more or less finished and smaller or larger productions can be performed, but also partial results of the early stages of the production process: research on movement language, research on the methodology of artistic creation, production details can be presented. In general, we encourage the presentation of smaller-scale but more in-depth and elaborate works, but this will depend largely on the current stage of development and level of the participants, as the aim of the In-House Shows is to develop the creators, not the audience.

During these events students also learn the techniques of giving and receiving professional feedback. Some of the student works presented in the In-House Shows may also be invited to the College’s public forums.

The external public forums for the artistic research and creative work are the College’s performances, which we traditionally present several times a year:

• decemberben, a téli szünet előtt a Főiskola székhelyén, stúdiókörülmények között
• in March, we will transfer the works from the studio to the theatre space, in which MU Theatre has been our partner for many years
• in April on the World Dance Day and World Circus Day
• in May/June during the end of the school year shows

These public events also include pedagogical methodological presentations, workshops, professional lectures and discussions on current trends in artistic research. The programmes are structured by the course supervisors.

You can read more about our public performances here…