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Master Choreography

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Master Choreography

2 year(s)
Master
Part-time
Starts September
English
Rotterdam
Tilburg

Discover new ways of approaching your creative practice and invest in yourself and your career

Admission timeline

January 2027

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Join COMMA; Co-creation of Movement Masters of Arts

This two-year part-time innovative Joint Degree Master in Choreography, offered by Codarts in Rotterdam and Fontys in Tilburg, the Netherlands, supports experienced movement makers from a variety of fields in conducting research based on questions from their current practice.

Is this study programme for you?

  • Open up future pathways in the academic, educational and creative domains

    Learn about a process-driven approach, essential for securing funding

  • Autonomy and flexibility in designing your path towards a master's qualification

    You will be responsible for shaping the content of particular assignments

  • Teachers on the programme will come from a wide variety of fields

    Like circus, dance and community arts

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The atmosphere is playful, challenging, supportive and transforming

Bianca

Student

I chose to do a Master in order to reflect on my artistic practice and open up new perspectives on it. My goal is to implement all the talks, feedbacks and insights from the exchange with my peers and the valuable input from lecturers and the core team into my work in future. I wish to step out of my personal frame of creation, that I established throughout the years and find a new approach to connect to collaborators and creative thinkers.

The unique thing about th eprogramme is, that it is quiet intense but still allows space to integrate the continuous working as a freelance artist. The interweaving of studying and working is one major plus.

My challenge is to let go of my old patterns of creating and listen to what wants to emerge, what I need to see will develop. It is a challenge to keep the nourishing way of working also after the masters, so to stay connected with the peers seems important to me.

Teachers challenge my patterns, point out my weaknesses and strengths and give precious feedback. They chose interesting lecturers and developed a very thought through program overall.

The atmosphere of the programme is playful, challenging, supportive and transforming.

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Your programme

Become an expert who works with anyone, anywhere, anytime

Our learning environment exposes students to a broad range of approaches, movement disciplines and creative domains while supporting them in retaining connections with their own working field. You learn to work from a process driven approach. This is key to finding funding and fulfilling the potential of any cultural context.

Your programme

What are you going to learn?

  • Test potential questions and generate movement based responses

    Think creatively about modes of communication.

  • Engage with current theoretical, technological and design based perspectives

    And develop your approach to outcomes of artistic research.

  • Take a critical perspective on your own practices and disciplines

    With particular emphasis on the potential of co-creation.

Your programme

What will the next 2 years look like?

The 2 year programme is carried out in "two week intensives'' that take place three times a year at either the campus of Codarts in Rotterdam or of Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg, both of which have full dance, theoretical and circus facilities.

Students are rehearsing in the dance studio of Fontys Academy of the Arts
Your future

Open new doors in the academic, educational and creative domains

You possess enriched knowledge of contexts beyond your discipline, understanding the challenges, strategies, and potential of creative work. You have a repertoire of individual creative strategies and the ability to reflect on and generate choreography related to these strategies.

Admission & application

Admission Requirements

  • If you have completed a relevant bachelor's degree, you are eligible for admission.

    Check the full admission requirements to see which qualifications allow you to enrol.

  • A minimum level of proficiency in the English language is required.

Admission & application

Admission process

For this programme you must first audition.

More information
Our campus

Come study and unlock your global talent potential in the Netherlands

Explore your future at Fontys where you’ll meet innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity. 

Campus Zwijsenplein

Tilburg is a ‘City of Creators’ that stimulates the imagination and is raw and unconventional. On the Zwijsenplein campus, you will find our 17 art programmes in the field of music, dance, theatre, circus, design, art education and architecture all under one roof. A unique, bustling, and experimental place. Students research and create the world of tomorrow here with art.

Costs

Tuition fees and cost of living in the Netherlands

Use our tuition fees indicator and understand the monthly living expenses for international students in the Netherlands, ranging from EUR 900 to EUR 1,100. 

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Master Choreography

Start

September

Language

English

Duration

2 year(s)

Degree

Master

Study load

Location

Tilburg, Rotterdam

Specs

Master Choreography

Start

September

Language

English

Duration

2 year(s)

Degree

Master

Study load

Location

Tilburg, Rotterdam
January 2027

Admission timeline

Wondering what's to come after applying for this programme? Go over the entire admission process.

Master Choreography

Admission timeline

Wondering what's to come after applying for this programme? Check out the entire admission process.

  • Start your orientation

    Have you attended a study orientation event already?

    Take a look at our orientation events

  • Register

    Register for the course via Studielink

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  • Admissions assessment

    For this course, you will first complete an assessment. More information can be found under Requirements & application.

    Ga naar Studielink
    Please note: You can only be admitted once you have successfully completed this.

  • Complete your payment

    The tuition fees indicator helps you to determine the tuition rate for your situation.

    Everything about finances

  • Arrange student housing

    Fontys can offer housing for a limited number of international students. Fill in the housing application form before the deadline (June 15).

    More info about housing

  • 31 August 2026

    Start study programme
Study choice events

You can sign up for online and live events throughout the academic year.

There are currently no activities planned for this study programme. Please contact us if you have any further questions.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes,the two-week intensives, scheduled 3 times a year, are intended to allow you the space to continue to pursue your work outside of these blocks. Of course, you will also have to make time for reading, carrying out assignments, and working towards your final project.

The flexibility in the creation and direction of assignments means that you, with your study facilitator and research mentor, work together to ensure that the work you do is appropriate to your discipline related interests and research aim. At the same time, interaction with makers from other fields will help you think innovatively about the choices you make whether as a movement expert or a future leader in the field.

The programme consists of 90 European Credits (EC). These credits are achieved over the 2 years of the programme. A single EC is calculated as 28 hours of time. 40% of these hours will be spent on the development and production of a final creative project and approximately 20% on the supporting research thesis. The remaining credits are achieved during activities carried out in the intensives (25%) and learning activities that need to be finished in between intensives (1 5%). All evaluated components are placed in a portfolio that helpsthe student and their study facilitator, research mentor, and coach track their process towards achieving the final competences, and allows examiners to interrogate the process of artistic research that the student has been involved in.

For students within commuting distance of Tilburg and Rotterdam extra costs will be relatively low. International Students will have to budget for accommodation costs as well as travel costs to and from the Netherlands.