Application and admission
Admission guidelines
The Amsterdam Master of Choreography (AMCh) offers a study course for dance artists who are interested in augmenting their existing professional practice through immersion in a rigorous, two-year Master level arts research programme. The course provides the support structure and organization to facilitate choreographic and interdisciplinary practice-led research, with an emphasis on the processes of praxis, or metapractice. The admission procedure is designed to engage prospective applicants in an exploration of relevant research questions, disciplinary perspectives and conceptual/ empirical methods.
Please note: the Amsterdam Master of Choreography does not offer scholarships or grants!
Download the admission guidelines(PDF)
Admission criteria
The minimum formal criteria for admission to the AMCh study course include:
- a Bachelor's degree in Dance that meets the qualifications for choreographer as outlined by the Network of Dutch dance academies in 2002;
- three years work experience in the professional field of dance as performer and/or choreographer;
- a well-articulated motivation to expand practice-based research activities that demonstrates: (a) a desire and an openness for encounters with and the exchange of knowledge(s) and practices, and (b) compatibility with the educational vision of the program (c) an ability to manage a predominantly independent, self-steered study program.; and
- a clearly formulated research plan.
Required documents
To enter the candidates must submit:
1. Curriculum vitae showing history of dance education and practice.
2. Two written recommendation(s) from professional choreographers, colleagues, artists, scholars and/ or teachers in the field of choreography.
3. Videos, dvd's and/or web-based documentation; and reviews and/or essays pertaining to previous and current work.
4. Examples of your own writing are welcome; whether about your own work or the work of others.
5. Motivation and Research Plan (max 1000 words in total): see #3 above for Motiviation guidelines (and comment on the reason for pursuing a Master of Choreography and specifically the choice of AMCh). The Research Plan presents the research to be undertaken during the course and includes research questions and methods. Method here can be broadly interpreted as whatever means or assistance you might use to gather, organise and analyze information. For example: a bibliography, desired external mentor(s), interdisciplinary intersects (relations to science, philosophy, politics, ethics, other artistic genres, etc.), list of current and potential collaborators (e.g. performers, dramaturges, designers, etc.) and technical requirements may all be methodologically relevant to your practice-led research.
Download the application form (Word)
Application deadline
15 November 2010,
selection dates of the interviews 2,3 and 4 Febr 2011
Interviews will be with a limited number of applicants.
For further information concerning tuition fee, admission procedures and visa please go to 
www.english.ahk.nl and click on "practical matters" at the top of the page.