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a.pass
advanced performance & scenography studies 

a.pass is a post-master artistic research environment containing two study programmes: a.pt and a.s.
a.pt (advanced performance training) is mainly aimed at artists and theoreticians with  proven experience in developing work in the performance field who want to question their own work, re-evaluate their trajectory, or explore a fascination that doesn’t fit institutional standards.
a.s (advanced scenography) welcomes artists and theoreticians who want to investigate the notion of scenography on and off the stage. The programme offers practice-based artistic and theoretical input to professionals and newcomers in the field who wish to expand their thinking about scenography.
a.pass welcomes participants with a master's degree in either a practical or theoretical study programme and invites them to develop a personal practice-based research project, using the principles of self-organization and collaboration.
The a.pass training programme (both a.pt and a.s) takes 12 months and is organized in a rotating system of three blocks of three months each. At the start of each block new participants are admitted on the basis of their research proposals. At the end of the programme the participants present the results of their research to the public.  Based on the same principles of transdisciplinarity a.pass operates an autonomous research platform that can be used in the development of a PhD in the Arts.

a.pass is an artistic research environment on post-master level, containing two study programs: a.pt and a.s. 

a.pt (advanced performance training) is mainly aimed at artists and theoreticians with a proven experience in developing work in or on the performance field (which includes musicians, visual artists, architects, political and social scientists, critical theorists, actionists, etc...). a.pt addresses participants who want to question their own work, re-evaluate their trajectory or explore a fascination that doesn’t fit institutional standards. 

a.s (advanced scenography) welcomes newcomers and professionals who want to investigate the notion of scenography on and off the stage. The program offers practice-based artistic and theoretical input and addresses artists and theoreticians trained in architecture, (interior) design, visual arts, graphics, etc... Also directors, choreographers, costume designers and performers who want to expand their thinking about scenography, are welcome. 

a.pass welcomes artists and theoreticians with a master's degree in either a practical or theoretical study program, and invites them to develop a personal practice-based research project. We encourage research proposals that question the place performance and/or scenography occupy today in society and in the transdisciplinary field of the arts in general, but also of politics, history, the humanities, technology, etc... Based on the principles of self-organisation and collaboration, the a.pass model provides an open and flexible structure inviting the participants to instigate for a large part their own curriculum through the needs they encounter during the development of their research. Participants are encouraged to share their projects with each other and actively look for alliances and shared experiences.   

The a.pass training program, both a.pt and a.s, takes 12 months and is organised in a rotating system of three blocks of three months each. The months in between the different blocks serve as reflection periods, during which the participants can re-think their original proposals. At the start of each block new participants are admitted based on their research proposal. At the end of the program the participants are expected to present the results of their research to the public.  Since a.pt and a.s share the same a.pass model and training toolkit, the programs open up varied perspectives on artistic exchange between all players implicated in the performing arts.

Based on the same principles as the transdisciplinary research base of a.pass, the model also provides a PhD-trajectory in the performing arts. PhD-students with an affinity to the a.pass research platform can join the program for (part of) their research period. The communication and public sharing of the PhD-research, is vital to be accepted into the a.pass environment. The PhD  students are invited to develop and conduct their own research formats, taking up the role of curator, coach and/or participant, using the a.pass research lab as a test case for presentations for an active public, or as an experimental tool for collective research.