Reimagining Dance Education: Critical Practices and Global Perspectives in Stockholm University of the Arts’ M.A.D.E. Program

Launched in 2011, the Master’s in Dance Education (M.A.D.E.) at Stockholm University of the Arts emerged as a response to Sweden's embrace of the Bologna process and a broadened understanding of choreography and education. The Bologna process, starting in 1999, sought to bring more coherence to higher education systems across Europe (European Education Area, n.d.). The M.A.D.E program sets out to address pressing ethical challenges in higher dance education such as the unexamined institutional structures often limiting its potential. Focused on creating critical, inclusive dance practices, M.A.D.E. embraces global challenges and works to decolonize dance education. Designed for experienced dance artists and educators, the program’s key ideas are shaped around the student’s personal dance and teaching practices, as well as the creation of a diverse and inclusive higher dance education in Sweden. As of 2023, M.A.D.E. opened its doors to international, English-speaking applicants.