Women's classical dance - Advanced preparatory year - Cycle Préparatoire
Information
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Name
Women's classical 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 the vocabulary of classical dance and its rigorous physical application.
Affirmation of the student's personality, through strong motivation and attentive attendance.
Observation and assessment criteria :
Awareness of placement and mastery of the technical fundamentals of classical dance.
Expressiveness, sensitive engagement.
Musicality - relationship to time.
Commitment.
Semesters 1 and 2
Teaching units
Weekly timetable
UE 1 - Technical and artistic learning
Main discipline (ballet)
Specific techniques and repertoire
7h30
3h30
UE 2- Complementary disciplines
Character dance
Jazz dance
1h
1h30
UE 3 - Theoretical disciplines
AFCMD / Yoga
Choreographic and artistic culture
1h
1h
Physical preparation
1h
Total
16h30
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French language certificate
B1
Disciplines
Entrance exam
Women's classical dance - Année Préparatoire Supérieure
Opening date for registration : 10 October 2024
Closing date for registration : 15 November 2024
STUDY PATH
2024-2025
CLASSICAL DANCE
Advanced preparatory year (1 year)
Entrance examination 2025-2026
Required age: 14 to 17 (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: 17 & 18 February 2025 in person (subject to change)
Eligibility - Eliminatory test on 17/02/2025:
Participation in a classical dance class given 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 18/02/2025:
(only for candidates selected after the previous day's admission tests)
1 - Classical dance class given by a teacher from the Conservatoire's choreography department, including a series of compulsory routines.
Duration: 2 hours.
2 - Presentation of a classical variation of your choice (your own composition or from the repertoire), performed on pointe.
Duration of the variation: 1 to 2 minutes maximum.
The soundtrack of the admission variation 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 her variation in silence.
3 - Interview with the jury.
Duration: 10 minutes maximum
Each round will be marked out of 20. Candidates who obtain an overall mark (average of the three marks) of less than 12 will be eliminated.
N.B.: Candidates admitted to the entrance examination 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 : 18