Master of Performing Arts
Director: Dr. Aldo Rubén Pricco
Technical Secretary: Yanina Vincent
Teaching staff 2025 :
- Dr. Jorge Dubatti (UBA, UNR)
- Mr. José Luis Valenzuela (UNC, UNR, UNICEN)
- Ms. Beatriz Lábatte (UNT)
- Dr. Mauricio Tossi (UBA, CONICET)
- Dr. Aldo Ruben Pricco (UNR, UNL)
- Dr. Maria de los Angeles Gonzalez (UNR)
- Lic. Ana Alvarado (UNA)
- Dr. Ester Trozzo (UNCuyo)
- Ms. Maria Elsa Chapato (UNICEN)
- Dr. Patricia Rogieri (UNR)
- Ms. Paula Tabachnik (UNRN)
- Dr. Mauro Alegret (UNR)
PRE-REGISTRATION 2025: from March 1st to 31st
START 2025: Friday, April 25 from 17 to 20 p.m.
:: RATIONALE:
The Master's Degree in Performing Arts is presented as a relevant proposal within the field of studies on theatricality and performing arts and, in relation to the institutional sphere, it is offered as a specific Postgraduate instance.
Since the 2002 year, the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, in the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, and organized by the Center for Theatrical Research of that academic unit, the Bachelor of Performing Arts within the framework of the Complementary Curriculum Cycle, whose curriculum was developed based on a reality that allowed the construction of a Bachelor's Degree based on what was considered at that time as a critical mass. This was made up of a large number of graduates of official tertiary courses in Theatre, Puppet Theatre, Body Expression and Dance, in a position to access a university degree, in line with the growing academic and artistic demands of the city, the province and the region.
The Master's Degree in Performing Arts is offered as an advanced training, professional development, creative, and research opportunity for the current critical mass of graduates from both the aforementioned Bachelor's Degree program at the National University of Rosario (UNR) and the official tertiary schools of theater (Advanced Technical Degrees and Teacher Training Programs) and teacher training programs in dance and physical expression in Rosario and the surrounding region. In this sense, the Master's Degree in Performing Arts contributes to filling gaps in the integration and dialogue between academic and research training and artistic-professional training.
Although in the last decade there have been processes of integration of studies of artistic disciplines to the interests and productions of the Academy, there is a certain reluctance –especially on the part of creators– to systematize reflections on theatrical praxis and its composition processes, its reception and its innumerable links with the social series. In this regard, theoretical approaches of a certain solidity have been formulated that have stopped asking for direct loans from other disciplines, such as semiotics and linguistics in their structuralist preliminaries. However, both the studies of performance and of a postdramatic scene, as well as theatre in the expanded field and applied theatre, together with liminal and inter and transdisciplinary variants, still require to broaden and deepen their inquiries, in order to contribute to the formation of a solid theoretical body, and at the same time flexible, based not only on attention to specificities, but also on the crossing, encounters and tensions with other knowledge.
In this sense, the curricular spaces proposed in the Study Plan of this Master's Degree assume not only the updating in accordance with the transformations of the performing arts in recent decades, but also the rereading and reformulation of the canons and assumptions of the tradition of these disciplines, in an attempt to review and overcome stereotypes and biased visions. At the same time, taking into account the frequent discrepancies between theory and practice, which disperse or blur the constructions of the objects of study, the perspectives of speculation are based, fundamentally, on the problematization of the doxa that considers theatrical performances only as "forms of expression or communication" without considering their convivial quality of mutual attraction between enunciators and receivers, since it is not the legible bodies, but the acting bodies mounted on protocols that attract and maintain the experience of the spectator role, in a relationship of complementarity and reciprocal existence often overlooked.
It should be noted that the demand for immediate technical guidance for performances has shaped, in some sectors of Argentine higher education, a trend toward expanding the limited scope of workshops focused on acquiring procedural skills for stage performance. Therefore, it is considered pertinent to share paradigms aimed at the ongoing formulation of research hypotheses and professional action criteria based on categorical consensus and consistent validation methods.
In this line, the Master's degree focuses on the treatment of experimental and theoretical aspects of the research and artistic-creative dynamics, applied to the field of stage studies, at the intersection between disciplinary modalities that have somatic exposure in coexistence as a common denominator, their main themes-problems and investigative variants of these disciplinary domains. It is assumed that the delimitation of the different areas of problems that concern the research of the stage phenomenon is in direct relation to the possible responses to the problems linked to the nature and the way of working inherent to the position assumed in relation to the object of research.
The primary objective of the Master's Program in Performing Arts is to establish a scientific field of study to overcome the gap or tension between art and science. In this sense, it aims to dismantle the stereotypes surrounding the impossibility of a systematic approach to artistic performance, its creation, and its theoretical projections. This will enable the design of appropriate methodological frameworks that, through borrowing from and intersecting with related scientific disciplines, are relevant for investigating diverse theatrical problems and, at the same time, consistent with the creation of concrete performance pieces.
The purpose is to present action programs that go beyond the frequent paradigms of exploratory preeminence that are usually transited in the universe of scenic creation, so that the curricular spaces are oriented - through constant dialogue - to review the doxas on "investigating" scenic phenomena, emphasizing the supports of knowledge and assuming what the scientific marks of the studies would consist of, for example, the explicitness of conditions and rules of production and the relationships from which a certain phenomenon is born, in this case, scenic-convivial.
The proposed theoretical and practical approach lies at the intersection of epistemological, methodological, and disciplinary aspects of the Performing Arts . Its aim is to introduce students to validated frameworks that accommodate the diverse objects of study within the concept of "theatricality," understood as a paradigm of diverse events experienced in shared experience, including theater (both actor-based and object-based), dance, physical expression, and performative variations grounded in complementarity with the role of the "spectator." Both the theoretical frameworks and procedures involve a specific approach that integrates processes, designs, and projects into viable alternatives, fostering a meaningful understanding of both research and creative practice through a constant feedback loop.
For each possible object-model, it is considered essential to reflect on the epistemological inscription of theatrical problems and how strategies for the production of new knowledge and understanding are formulated at each validation stage. Consequently, one of the Master's program goals will be to make explicit and produce the decision-making plans associated with the various stages of design, composition, aesthetic reception, and subsequent criteria for knowledge transfer processes in theatrical poetics , so that implicit knowledge becomes explicit and, above all, shared democratically with the community.
:: GOALS:
The Master's Degree in Performing Arts aims to train professionals of high academic and scientific quality in research and research-creation in the field of somatic performing arts of co-presence.
The objectives of the race are:
- Promote an area of training and production of scientific knowledge in the area of performing arts from inter and multidisciplinary perspectives, which constitutes a relevant contribution to the problems of the performing arts in relation to their contexts.
- To propose a space for critical reflection and artistic research on the technical and poetic procedures of contemporary performing arts
- To stimulate the development of scientific productions that promote original approaches, considering the theoretical, methodological, technical and poetic dimensions of the performing arts, capable of optimizing the debate on the problems of the field, in its different actors, processes, levels and modalities, at the national and international level.
- Generate dissemination and exchange actions with study and research centers of international academic recognition
- To present and explore relevant theoretical alternatives for the transformation of implicit knowledge into explicit and, therefore, transferable knowledge.
- To create modes of interaction between performing arts through interdisciplinary experiences in research and artistic practices and their confluences
- Contribute to the training of artists, researchers and artist-researchers who can access different audiences with their work
:: DURATION AND MODALITY:
The Master's degree in Performing Arts It will last two (2) years, with a total of 720 clock hours.
In-person-Remote in-person.
:: GRADUATE PROFILE:
Through the permanent problematization of the objects of study constructed from the phenomenon of confrontation and convivial encounter of somatic scenic entities with the field of expectation, this Master's degree presents a professional graduate who is an expert in the field of contemporary theatricalities, whose training allows him/her to generate responses and hypotheses, while participating in and/or directing artistic projects and research teams that articulate critical reflection and academic knowledge with poetic-aesthetic experimentation and its eventual criteria for knowledge transfer, not only at the undergraduate level, but also at the postgraduate level. In this sense, the training and dynamics of the curricular spaces will be channeled towards action, with the aim that the graduate acts as an agent of criticism, change and innovation in the contexts of his professional intervention, whether this refers to praxis (artistic productions) or theory (research, criticism and advice) in the different specialties proposed based on theatricality (theater, dance, body expression, object theater).
:: ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS :
The requirements for registration and subsequent admission to the Master's Degree in Performing Arts are as follows:
- Have a degree corresponding to careers related to the performing arts, which include disciplines such as Drama, Object Theatre, Dance, Body expression y Performing Arts, among other degrees issued by legally recognized Argentine universities –national, provincial or private– and meet the specific requirements determined, for each particular case, by the Academic Committee of the program. The program is aimed at those applicants, professionals and/or academics, who work or show interest in the fields of performing arts from an interdisciplinary perspective.
- Possess degree titles equivalent to those indicated in the previous paragraph, issued by foreign Universities officially recognized in their respective countries, duly certified by the faculty, the Accrediting Body of their country or the corresponding Ministry. Its admission will not mean revalidation of the degree title.
- Have higher non-university degrees of at least four (4) years duration – in accordance with the provisions of art. 39 bis of the current Higher Education Law – that are linked to the aforementioned disciplines and meet the prerequisites determined by the Academic Committee in order to verify that their training is compatible with the requirements of this degree. If admission is granted, this does not accredit the previous degree corresponding to the same.
Non-Spanish-speaking applicants must demonstrate an INTERMEDIATE (B2) or higher level of Spanish proficiency, according to the standards established by the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), for registration purposes. If admitted, they must demonstrate an ADVANCED level of Spanish proficiency, according to the same standards, prior to the defense of their thesis , work , or final project . Applicants must demonstrate the indicated levels through the UNR's DUCLE international certificate (University Diploma of Competence in Spanish as a Foreign Language) or other international certifications recognized by the International Certification System for Spanish as a Foreign Language (SICELE).
At the time of admission, students must be notified of the obligation to deposit – once the degree has finished – in the Institutional Digital Repository, a digital copy of the Thesis, Works o Final project in accordance with the provisions of the Open Access regulations of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
In all cases, the selection of applicants will be decided by the Academic Committee of the program, through a reasoned opinion, which will be duly communicated to the applicant.
The steps to complete in order to enter the Master's Degree in Performing Arts are:
a) Registration
At this stage the applicant must present:
- Application for enrollment in the course by means of a note addressed to the Director.
- Certified copy of the degree certificate.
- Certified copy of the first two pages of the National Identity Document, digital DNI and copy of the birth certificate.
- Curriculum Vitae complete.
- In the case of foreign students, the documentation to be submitted in their capacity as foreign citizens will be governed by the provisions in force in the Universidad Nacional de Rosario at the time of registration.
The Academic Committee may request other documentation necessary to be considered for admission to the program.
b) Admission
This procedure will begin once the course has started – during the second quarter of the first year – and within the time periods determined by Regulations based on the approval of the curricular activities.
At this stage, the applicant must present: a pre-project of Thesis , Work or Final Project within the framework of the Performing Arts , which contains a justification, a first approach to the methodology that will guide its realization, and the initial bibliographic references for the development of the Thesis , Work or Final Project.
:: CURRICULUM:
The curriculum for the degree program comprises a total of 720 hours, organized into three areas, and requires the preparation of a Thesis , Work or Final Project.
Specific Training Area
The activities of the Specific Training Area include ten (10) mandatory seminars and one (1) elective seminar, totaling 450 hours:
- Theories, Epistemology and Philosophy of Theatre
- Theories of acting and stage direction
- Contemporary stage corporalities
- Historiography and contemporary scenic poetics
- Scenic rhetoric
- Cultural management of stage productions
- Studies on expectation
- Theatricality of object entities
- Elective seminar
- Scenic practice I
- Stage practice II
The Methodological Training Area includes one (1) seminar on research methodology in the performing arts and two (2) thesis workshops, totaling 110 hours:
- Research Methodology of the poíesis scenic
- Thesis Workshop I
- Thesis Workshop II
Complementary Training and Research Area
The Master's Degree in Performing Arts includes a series of research and/or creative activities aimed at developing and completing the Thesis , Play , or Final Project . These activities will have a workload of 160 hours (one hundred and sixty hours).
TIME ASSIGNMENT
| MASTERS in Performing Arts | ||||||||
| Dress | Curricular Activity | Hours/Credits | Theoretical workload | Practical workload | Correlative courses | |||
| 1st Year | ||||||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||||||
| 1 | Theories, Epistemology and Philosophy of Theatre | 40/4 | 32 p.m. | 8 p.m. | ||||
| 2 | Theories of acting and stage direction | 40/4 | 32 p.m. | 8 p.m. | ||||
| 3 | Contemporary stage corporalities | 40/4 | 32 p.m. | 8 p.m. | ||||
| 2nd Quarter | ||||||||
| 4 | Research Methodology of the poíesis scenic | 30/3 | 20 p.m. | 10 p.m. | ||||
| 5 | Historiography and contemporary scenic poetics | 40/4 | 32 p.m. | 8 p.m. | ||||
| 6 | Scenic practice I | 60/6 | 10 p.m. | 50 p.m. | ||||
| 7 | Thesis Workshop I | 40/4 | 32 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 1 and 2 | |||
| 2st Year | ||||||||
| 3st Quarter | ||||||||
| 8 | Scenic rhetoric | 30/3 | 20 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 | |||
| 9 | Cultural management of stage productions | 30/3 | 20 p.m. | 10 p.m. | ||||
| 10 | Studies on expectation | 40/4 | 32 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 5 | |||
| 4th Quarter | ||||||||
| 11 | Theatricality of object entities | 40/4 | 32 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 1, 2 and 3 | |||
| 12 | Elective seminar | 30/3 | 20 p.m. | 10 p.m. | ||||
| 13 | Stage practice II | 60/6 | 10 p.m. | 50 p.m. | 2, 3 and 6 | |||
| 14 | Thesis Workshop II | 40/4 | 15 p.m. | 25 p.m. | 4, 6 and 7 | |||
| Workload | 560/56 | 339 p.m. | 221 p.m. | |||||
| 15 | Complementary and Research Activities | 160 | ||||||
| 16 | Thesis, Work or Final Project | All stages of Plan 1 to 15 have been completed and approved | ||||||
| Total hours of the race | 720 | |||||||
ADMISSION
This procedure will begin once the course has started – during the second quarter of the first year – and within the time periods determined by Regulations based on the approval of the curricular activities.
At this stage, the applicant must present: a pre-project of Thesis , Work or Final Project within the framework of the Performing Arts , which contains a justification, a first approach to the methodology that will guide its realization, and the initial bibliographic references for the development of the Thesis , Work or Final Project.
Each subject in the degree plan will establish its final evaluation modality (monograph, case study, problem solving, colloquium, etc.) according to what is determined by the teacher responsible for it. To access this evaluation instance, the student must complete at least seventy-five percent (75%) attendance.
The regularity for the presentation of the works will last for a maximum of 6 months. Students will have access to two instances of presentation of the Evaluation Work for each subject. The delivery of the work in the second instance excludes the possibility of reworking it.
The preparation of the evaluation records and the grading scale will be governed by the regulations in force in the Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
The coursework for the degree is planned to last 24 (twenty-four) months, with an additional 2 (two) years for the presentation of the Thesis , Work or Final Project.
The master's students who had completed postgraduate activities duly recognized, taught within the framework of other courses of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, or in other university institutions, may request recognition of equivalences from the Academic Committee of the Master's Degree. To do so, they must submit the following documentation:
- Certificate or proof of approval from the institution responsible for teaching the activity, stating the course load.
- Copy of the activity program, authenticated by the institution responsible for its delivery.
The master's student must submit to the Academic Committee the certifications that accredit the completion of the Complementary and Research Activities, according to the type of activities developed and detailed in item 6.3 of the Study Plan . The Committee will assign the corresponding number of credit hours in each case.
In the cases detailed below, the master's student must present:
- Written reports with details and evaluation of the activities carried out during attendance at congresses, symposiums, conferences, round tables, panels, forums. In addition to the hours indicated on the certificate, a total of the hours spent preparing the report will be credited.
- Written reports on the activities carried out as a member of a group research project linked to the fields of work and organizations, and accredited by relevant academic bodies. This report must be endorsed by the director of the research team.
These activities will be scheduled and supervised by the Academic Committee and may be carried out throughout the Master's course, up to the presentation of the Thesis , Work or Final Project.
The master's student may request suspension of the course or extension for the presentation of the Thesis , Work or Final Project for the following duly justified reasons:
- Serious illness or temporary disability, of oneself or a family member.
- Management or performance tasks in the public service.
- Maternity or paternity.
In these cases or in others that may exceptionally arise, the Academic Committee of the program will recommend to the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies about the period of suspension or extension to be granted, so that a resolution can be issued.
The degree program culminates with the presentation of a Thesis , Work , or Final Project . In any of these formats, it will consist of addressing a specific problem derived from professional experience, which must meet essential academic requirements regarding the appropriate use of research methods and techniques, argumentative and theoretical coherence, management of sources of information and consultation, and clarity in writing.
The master's student must propose a supervisor for their thesis , work , or final project , and possibly a co-supervisor if the topic of the thesis , work, or final project requires it. Those with specific academic, research, and/or professional backgrounds relevant to the proposed work may fulfill these roles.
The Director and Co-Director must have a degree equal to or higher than that awarded by the degree or equivalent merit.
The duties of the Thesis , Work or Final Project Director will be :
- Advise and guide the master's student in its preparation.
- Periodically evaluate activities related to the development of the Thesis, Works o Final project.
- Inform the Academic Committee of the degree of the substantial changes that modify the Plan of the degree. Thesis, Works o Final project original during the course of the investigation.
- Provide well-founded advice to the Academic Committee of the Master's degree program regarding the granting of equivalencies, as well as advise it on any other recommendations regarding the actions of the master's student that it considers pertinent.
- Endorse all presentations that the master's student makes to the authorities of the program.
The functions of the Co-director of the Thesis , Work or Final Project will be :
Collaborate with the Director in guiding the preparation of the master's degree, as well as in relation to specific aspects that are agreed upon between the Director and the Co-director, and that are reported to the management of the degree in the approval note that each of them presents accepting the direction/co-direction.
Before the start of the evaluation process, the Directors and Co-directors must present to the Jury a note in which they guarantee that the master's student is fit to be evaluated.
The evaluation of the Thesis , Work , or Final Project will be carried out upon written request from the Master's student to the Academic Committee of the Master's Program. The student must submit a digital copy, or paper copies if required for presentation to the jury, of the Thesis , Work , or Final Project , accompanied by a letter from the Director/Co-Director endorsing the submission, as mentioned in Article 16, section “e” of these regulations, corresponding to the Director's duties. The maximum deadline for submitting the Thesis , Work , or Final Project is two (2) years from the approval of the last curricular activity.
La Thesis, Works o Final project will be evaluated by a Jury proposed by the Academic Commission to the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies for its corresponding designationThe Jury must be composed of three (3) specialists who meet the same requirements indicated for the Directors and Co-directors of Thesis, Works o Final project according to Art. No. 17 of this Regulation. At least one of the members will be external to the Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
The Jury for the Thesis , Work , or Final Project will be responsible for examining the submitted work, which may be “approved,” “approved with a request for modifications,” or “rejected,” within a period not exceeding sixty (60) calendar days from its receipt. Each member of the Jury will submit an individual and reasoned written opinion. If the opinions are not unanimous, the approval or rejection of the Thesis , Work , or Final Project will be decided by a simple majority.
In the Master's Thesis , Work, or Final Project, the student will submit a Report, a Logbook, and the audiovisual recording of the work . If the Thesis , Work , or Final Project needs to be modified, the deadlines granted for doing so may not exceed six (6) months. If it is rejected with a reasoned decision, the student may choose to resubmit it only once. The deadline for the new submission may not exceed one (1) year. The new submission of the Thesis , Work , or Final Project will initiate a process similar to the previous one, respecting the deadlines and terms indicated for the first submission. Students who do not choose to resubmit their Thesis , Work , or Final Project will lose their student status in the program, and the same will occur with those who, having modified it, receive a new negative decision.
Once the Jury's favorable decision has been obtained, the Oral and Public Defense of the Thesis , Work , or Final Project will take place . During the oral and public defense, the master's student will present relevant aspects of the development process of the Thesis , Work , or Final Project and will participate in the question-and-answer session with the examining committee. The defense of the Work will include the presentation of the master's student's artistic production.
The members of the Jury may be challenged by the master's student before the Superior Council within the term of seven (7) days counted from having been duly notified of the integration of the same. The challenge will be made in writing and for the reasons established in the regulations in force in the Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
El title of Master in Performing Arts will have an academic character and will not extend or modify the professional responsibilities of the degrees that may have been previously obtained. The diplomas will be issued by the Universidad Nacional de Rosario in accordance with current Ordinances.
:: INFORMATION: mae.artesesc.cei@gmail.com
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