Admission:
The requirements for access to the proposed title are according to article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, modified by Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2:

In order to access the official Master's degrees, it will be necessary to be in possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution belonging to another Member State of the European Higher Education Area that authorizes the same for access to the teachings of Master.
Likewise, graduates in accordance with educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area will be able to access without the need for homologation of their degrees, after verification by the University that they accredit a level of training equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degrees and that authorize in the country issuing the title for access to postgraduate education. Access through this route will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous title of which the interested party is in possession, nor its recognition for other purposes than that of studying the Master's degree.

Recommended requirements:

The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are the following:

Degree in Visual Arts and Dance
Degree in Pedagogy of Visual Arts and Dance
Higher Degrees in Dance, Dramatic Art, Singing and Music
Other degrees or official titles that include Humanities, Arts, Communication, Social Sciences, Sports Sciences, Nutrition, Physiotherapy, Psychology and Tourism subjects in their curriculum.

The access profile also generally includes applicants with higher studies interested in the development of the performing arts or who have equivalent to these degrees.

Candidate selection:

The selection of applicants will be made by the Head of the Master by submitting the standardized curriculum in accordance with the preferred profiles. In addition, criteria of professional experience, academic record and motivation will be taken into account. In the event that demand exceeds supply, the following order will be established: the first priority level will be for graduates in Dance, then in Dramatic Arts and so on, in accordance with the order established in the previous section and according to the criteria aforementioned.

The weighting criteria will be as follows:

Priority according to the profile of the applicants: 50%
Academic record: 20%
Curriculum and professional experience and its relationship with the objectives of the degree: 30%
Offer of places: 66 places. If the minimum number of students expected in a course is not reached, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

The Master of Performing Arts seeks to expand academic training through a greater degree of specialization and scientific-technical research. To this end, these studies propose, from a multidisciplinary vision, to systematically analyze the interpretive, artistic and creative processes, promoting experimentation from academic, professional, technological, social and cultural contexts as a way to enhance the Performing Arts in the frameworks of the Knowledge Society, with special emphasis on Dance.

To this end, the following general lines have been defined:

-Deepen the knowledge of new information and communication technologies in the field of their application in the performing arts, and their instrumentation in creative, productive or management processes, as well as their impact on new ways of creating, market and consume these artistic products.
-Stimulate the study of advanced methodologies and techniques used in the physical preparation of dancers, actors and performing artists in general, as well as their impact on their artistic-professional performance and mental and physical health.
-Deepen the knowledge of the therapeutic application of Dance, Music and the Performing Arts in general.
-Study philosophical thought and its connection with creative processes, starting from aesthetics and the philosophy of the body.
-Promote the study of traditions linked to the history of the Performing Arts and encourage the responsibility of artists regarding their conservation as part of the intangible heritage of the people.
-Stimulate creative collaboration and teamwork based on artistic or academic projects to promote quality artistic creation and research.
Contribute, based on scientific research, to the development of creative processes in the field of Performing Arts.
-To promote the development of historiographic research on the Performing Arts, with particular interest in Dance as a functional dramatic element within theatrical representation.
Investigate the capacities of high artistic and psychomotor performance.

Currently, the advancement of science and technology means that the universe of the performing arts is not only combined with other artistic disciplines such as music or other expressions related to audiovisual communication without losing sight of the link with the world of sciences such as psychology, medicine and sociology. Opening fields of research related to the therapeutic dimension of music and dance. Research that in various fields of knowledge provides new elements in the preparation of performers and creators, such as studies of biomechanics of movement, nutrition, pathologies, among many others. In addition to research aimed at the preservation of material and intangible heritage.

Within the professional opportunities of the Master, various options stand out, all of them related to the profiles that the degree enhances:

-Stage director.
-Choreographer.
-Multidisciplinary artist.
-Commissioner.
-Critic.
-Researcher in the area of ​​Entertainment Arts.
-Researcher in the branch of Arts and Humanities.
-It is a Master of a Research nature leading to a Doctoral Program.