Choreographic accompaniment

Training in the specific techniques of dance accompaniment.

Preparation for a career as a pianist accompanying dance classes and choreographic performances.

Improvisation practice within a framework structured by dance, for pianists of an excellent level who have improvisation experience.

Development of the personal musical aesthetic of dance accompanists.

Deciphering movement as a musical pattern.

Analysis of the relationship between music and dance.

Learning to improvise structured by a carrure or bodily proposal.

Study of the dance repertoire.

Role-playing in classical and contemporary dance classes.

Year ¹ exam

1. accompaniment of extracts from classical and contemporary dance classes, 40 minutes maximum.
2. performance from memory of an extract from the ballet repertoire chosen by the jury from a list worked on during the year, 5 minutes maximum.

^2nd year examination

1. accompaniment of an extract from a contemporary or classical dance class, 50 minutes maximum.
2. Sight-reading of an extract from the ballet repertoire with dancer(s), 5 minutes.
3. work with dancer(s) on an extract from the ballet repertoire given one week in advance, five minutes maximum.

^1st cycle final exam

Non-public part

Duration: 45 minutes maximum.

1. accompaniment of an extract from a classical or contemporary dance class ;
2. repertoire class work (sight reading of an extract from the classical ballet repertoire or work from the contemporary repertoire).

Public part

Duration: 45 minutes maximum.

1. accompaniment of an extract from a dance class, in the speciality not presented in the non-public part of the examination ;
2. repertoire class work in the speciality not presented in the non-public examination.

ATTESTATIONS

Five specific attestations must be validated during the^1st cycle; these attestations are issued by the teachers of choreographic accompaniment - main discipline, possibly assisted by another CNSMDP teacher, and are necessary to obtain the^1st cycle diploma in choreographic accompaniment.

Attestation 1: Accompaniment at the beginning of a dance class

Accompaniment of the barre in a classical dance class and accompaniment of a warm-up in a contemporary dance class (Cunningham technique for example).

This certificate must be obtained during the first year.

Attestation 2: Accompanying a dance class

Accompaniment of the middle of a ballet class and the whole of a contemporary dance class, including workshop work related to the contemporary repertoire.

This certificate must be obtained during the second year.

Attestation 3: Workshop work

Completion of a workshop on the fundamentals of contemporary dance.

This certificate must be obtained during the third year.

Certificate 4: Personal project

Presentation of a personal project with dancer(s) or related to dance.

Attestation 5: Accompanying a repertoire class

Supervision of a classical dance repertoire class (adage class, variations class).

The^1er cycle supérieur d'Accompagnement chorégraphique certificate is awarded to students who have passed the final examination of the^1er cycle supérieur.

The grade of the certificate is that awarded by the jury at the end of the final examination of the^1st cycle.

3 years.