Master in MFA Movement: Directing and Teaching

At Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and tuition is 23,850 GBP per year.

MFA Movement: Directing and Teaching is a two-year, full-time specialist vocational degree (240 credits) developing expertise in movement teaching and movement directing of the actor - the first course of its kind in Europe. Year 1 is shared with the MA cohort; Year 2 widens and deepens practice within a professional context through one or two workplace attachments. An MFA top-up year is available for holders of an existing MA in this subject.

• Training emphasises Laban's movement philosophy and Lecoq's spatial/physical techniques, alongside Feldenkrais, Roth, Suzuki, Alexander, Pisk, Humphries, Barba and Grotowski
• Placements at conservatoires (East 15, Guildford School of Acting, Rose Bruford) and companies (Welsh National Opera, Royal Shakespeare Company) in the UK and abroad
• Final assessment: dissertation following workplace attachments and mentored practice