Mediation is an essential part of the development of a pluralist choreographic artist, and plays an important role in the Master's degree course for dance performers. In order to be in a better position to tackle mediation activities on tour, and then the preparation of the mediation project for the validation of the diploma, an introductory seminar on the issues and techniques involved in the mediation of works, specific to choreographic art, co-constructed with the Centre national de la danse, a resource centre on choreographic issues, invites students to question their relationship to their discipline, to shift their point of view, and to become aware of the different contexts in which works and choreographic gestures are received.

After learning about the various public policies and the successive societal issues that have led to the development of mediation in the artistic and choreographic fields, the students will use practical situations and role-playing to explore the various possible contexts that they may encounter initially within the Master's programme and subsequently in their professional careers.

The aim of this seminar is to help students prepare for their professional integration and to integrate the different parameters that make up the career of a choreographic artist.

The aim is to give students an accurate picture of the professional environment for which they are destined.

Over 5 days, a wide range of issues will be addressed.

Firstly, the aim is to learn about the organisation of the sector and the characteristics of careers in France and abroad, get to know the labour market, identify the 'employer' structures, understand the characteristics of employment and careers (mobility, career paths, health, retraining, etc.), identify resources, artists' career paths, the dance professions or professions linked to the choreographic sector and their specific features, and become aware of the various possible career paths.

The aim is then to build their first professional project, including the notions of fields of competence and the performer's professional reference framework.

In a very practical way, the students tackle the questions of job hunting, knowing how to read an offer, write a CV and a covering letter, know how to present themselves and their skills and experience (CV, oral presentation, social networks, etc.).

More specifically, the course focuses on the status of the salaried artist, employment law, the different types of employment contract (permanent, fixed-term, fixed-term), the applicable collective agreements in order to be able to read an employment contract, social security (sickness, (sickness, maternity/paternity, accidents at work), unemployment insurance and the specific system of intermittent employment in the performing arts, the specific conditions of working abroad, in Europe and outside Europe, the possibility of combining different activities, choreographer, performer, teacher, researcher, etc.e, researcher, etc., as well as the choreographer's copyright and the performer's related rights.

In the second year of the Master's programme, students are invited to design a choreographic project, in a free format, to give shape to their personal research. Exhibition, video, performance, choreographic piece... whatever the medium, the aim of this research is to question their/our experience of the body and movement. Guided in their work by an established artist and by the Conservatoire's teaching and technical teams, students are introduced to the creative process through the experience of making, taking on their own artistic statement as performers. In so doing, they gain a sensitive grasp of the formal issues of writing, time, light, space and the relationship with others that will accompany them throughout their career.

This course combines theoretical knowledge of musicology (musical analysis, music history, organology, etc.) and related disciplines (art history, literature, sociology, etc.) with practical skills in both the written (programme notes, concert or recording reviews, exhibition design and production, etc.) and spoken (concert presentations or concert-readings, lecture-workshops, interviews, radio broadcasts, etc.) domains.) and oral skills (concert presentations or concert-readings, lecture-workshops, interviews, radio broadcasts, etc.) in order to prepare students professionally for careers in the transmission of musical culture to a variety of audiences and individuals (apart from music teaching).