Dance (Interdisciplinary Digital Media and Perform.), MFA

The MFA program in dance with a concentration in interdisciplinary digital media and performance builds on the School of Music, Dance, and Theatre strength. It expands into the specific area of new media practices.

The concentration provides a select group of graduate students a rigorous, in-depth opportunity to specialize in dance and transdisciplinary digital arts. The degree is normally accomplished within three years of residency. The interdisciplinary classes and research activities of the transdisciplinary School of Arts, Media, and Engineering that are part of this concentration give students access to advanced media equipment, studios, project funding, and interdisciplinary collaborators.

The program welcomes students' diversity, including returning professionals who have experience or interest in choreography, dance science and somatics, dance teaching praxis, dance and technology, community engagement, equity and inclusion practices, professional partnerships, and dance scholarship and theory. The Master of Fine Arts program in dance seeks students whose approaches are interdisciplinary, cross-cultural in nature, and who are self-motivated, able to have clear and demonstrated objectives, and are willing to explore new possibilities in the field of dance and beyond. Students are encouraged to develop their potential as creators, performers, teachers, thinkers, and art advocates. Frequent showings, a final Master of Fine Arts project, a written document, and oral defence are required for degree completion.

The Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is the largest comprehensive design and arts school in the nation, located within a dynamic 21st-century research university.

The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts offers more than 70 graduate degrees and concentrations in our five schools Art, Arts, Media and Engineering, Design, Film, Dance and Theatre and Music. Whether you practice music, architecture, dance, theatre, design, visual art, or film, creative excellence requires both a mastery of your discipline and the development of your creative expression. At ASU's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, you will excel, innovate and thrive.

With 5,000+ students, nearly 400 faculty members, 130 program options, and a tradition of top-ranked programs, we are committed to redefining the 21st-century design and art school. Our college is built on a combination of disciplines unlike any other program in the nation, comprising the Schools of Art; Arts, Media, and Engineering; Music, Dance, and Theatre; The Design School, The New American Film School; and The Arizona State University Art Museum.

Our graduates develop the ability to be generative and enterprising, work collaboratively within and across artistic fields, and generate non-routine solutions to complex problems. With this broad exposure to creative thinking and problem-solving, our graduates are well prepared to lead in every arena of our economy, society, and culture.