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The Department of Contemporary Arts at MMU Cheshire has a national and international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research, and its lasting commitment to new arts practice.
The Department of Contemporary Arts offers undergraduate degree programmes in Community Arts (in conjunction with one of the Combined Honours Arts subjects listed below), Contemporary Theatre and Performance, Creative Writing and Dance, as well as Combined Honours Arts subjects – Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Creative Music Production, Music and Popular Music. Art Media Performance can also be combined with any one of the Combined Honours Arts subjects, and Single Honours programmes in Drama, Music, Creative Music Production and Popular Music.
Our Postgraduate provision includes research degrees at MA (Res), MPhil and PhD levels alongside our taught programme, MA Contemporary Arts (MACA), which has a range of named subject outcomes, including Dance, Drama, Music, Performance, Theatre, Experimental Poetry, Visual Culture and Writing. The Department has a reputation for pioneering Practice as Research PhD’s, and its teaching provision across all areas was formally graded as ‘excellent’ in the last Quality Assurance Agency review in 2000.
Location
The department moved into a brand new building, complete with six large performance studios, on the Crewe campus in October 2009.
Watch the video to find out more
MMU Cheshire opens a new state-of-the-art building
MMUs Contemporary Arts Department has a new home on the Crewe campus.
Studios, Exhibition spaces, and the Axis Theatre will benefit students, staff and the Cheshire community.
News
- Band are in harmony at open rehearsal
- Creative Writing Plus: Anne Caldwell
- Review of Creative Writing Plus: A screenwriting talk with the creative Mark Tilton
Events
- 25/01/13
ProcessProduct : A Festival of International Improvised Dance - 09/03/13
Join the Co-operative Funeralcare Band North West in an open rehearsal - 20/03/13
Postgraduate course fair
Axis Arts Centre Events
Axis Arts Events
- 08/01/13
Chloë Mullett: Figure-ground. - 25/01/13
ProcessProduct : A Festival of International Improvised Dance - 19/02/13
Keith Kirchoff : Electro-Acoustic Piano - 21/02/13
Pigeon Theatre : The Smell of Envy - 25/02/13
ProcessProduct : A Week of International Improvised Dance
Open days
- Go to Visit MMU for further information
Visit days and Auditions
- Applicant Visit Day Information
- Information about Auditions
Student Project Blogs
- Working in the classroom: Using the skills of CTP
- Performance and Task: A student's response to duration, boredom, and presence.
- MMU Dance visit Saint Margaret Ward School and Performing Arts College
We hope that you find our website informative. If you do require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.