Contemporary dance - Advanced preparatory year - Cycle Préparatoire
Information
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Name
Contemporary dance - Advanced preparatory year
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Cycle
Preparatory Cycle
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Course's number of years
1 year
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Course objectives and content
Expected skills :
Ability to assimilate the corrections and the various technical and/or theoretical elements formulated by the teachers.
Precise knowledge of contemporary dance vocabulary and its rigorous physical application.
Knowledge of the basic vocabulary of classical dance.
Affirmation of the student's personality, through strong motivation and attentive attendance.
Observation and assessment criteria :
Awareness of placement and mastery of fundamental techniques in contemporary dance.
Awareness of placement in classical dance.
Expressiveness, sensitive commitment.
Musicality - relationship to time.
Involvement and autonomy.
Content
Semesters 1 and 2
Teaching units
Number of hours per week
UE 1 - Technical and artistic training
1. Main discipline (contemporary dance)
7h30
UE 2 - Fundamental workshops
1. improvisation/interpretation/composition
2. Repertoire
1h30
1h
UE 3 - Complementary disciplines
1. Classical dance
3h30
UE 4 - Theoretical disciplines
1. AFCMD
2. Choreographic and artistic culture
1h
1h
Physical preparation
1h
Total
16h30
Assessment of courses
Continuous assessment
This covers all the teaching units for semesters 1 and 2 described above.
By final examination
An internal jury chaired by the Director of Choreographic Studies is set up to assess each student.
Semester 2
At the end of semester 2, UE 1 is assessed at the end of the semester:
- A class given by the teacher responsible for the discipline,
- A routine set by this teacher, performed as an individual passage.
Each test is marked out of 20.
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French language certificate
B1
Disciplines
Entrance exam
Contemporary dance - Advanced preparatory year
Opening date for registration : 10 October 2024
Closing date for registration : 15 November 2024
STUDY PATH
2024-2025
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Advanced preparatory year (1 year)
Entrance examination 2025-2026
Required age: 14 to 18 (the age indicated is understood to be on 1 October 2025).
Registration: from 10 October to 15 November 2024 on the Internet www.conservatoiredeparis.fr
Application fee: €88.00 (only CROUS "higher education" scholarship holders are exempt from this fee. Scholarship notification must be submitted by 14/11/2024).
Access to candidate area: www.ent.cnsmdp.fr
Test dates: 20 & 21 February 2025 in person (subject to change)
Eligibility - Eliminatory test on 20/02/2025:
Participation in a contemporary dance class taught by a Conservatoire teacher.
Duration: 1 hour
Candidates with a mark of less than 12 will be eliminated.
Successful candidates must attend the admission tests the following day.
Admission - Tests on 21/02/2025:
(only for candidates selected after the admissibility tests on the previous day)
1 - Contemporary dance class given by a teacher from the Conservatoire's choreographic studies department, including a series of compulsory routines.
Duration: 2 hours.
2 - Presentation of a personal solo
Duration of the solo: 1 to 2 minutes maximum.
The soundtrack of the admission solo must be uploaded to your candidate space by 31 January 2025 at the latest. If this is not done, we will consider that the candidate is presenting his or her solo in silence.
3 - Interview with the jury.
Duration: 10 minutes maximum
Each round is marked out of 20. Candidates who obtain an overall mark (average of the three marks) of less than 12 will be eliminated.
N.B.: Successful candidates who are not nationals of French-speaking countries must present, before 30 June preceding their first enrolment at the Conservatoire, a certificate issued by a body approved by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B1 on the Council of Europe's scale of common reference levels.
Minimum age : 14
Maximum age : 19