Artistic projects are productions designed to put students in a professional situation within the Ensemble chorégraphique. Like a professional company, made up of students from first cycles of national and international higher education, the Ensemble Chorégraphique creates the conditions for professional exposure: exploring repertoires, discovering the creative process with renowned choreographers, practising on stage and experiencing life on tour with all the adaptability skills required... So many opportunities to be nourished by a variety of aesthetics, while cultivating their singularity.

As part of these artistic projects, each year the choreographic ensemble performs a wide range of works from the neoclassical and contemporary repertoires. Creations are also commissioned from some of the most contemporary and demanding choreographers, and performed each year at the Paris Conservatoire, then on tour in France and abroad.

Some examples of choreographers in the Ensemble Chorégraphique repertoire: Dominique Bagouet, Cécilia Bengolea, Trisha Brown, François Chaignaud, Boris Charmatz, Merce Cunningham, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Andy Degroat, William Forsythe, Emanuel Gat, Pierre Godard, Jiri Kylian, Maud Le Pladec, Wayne Mc Greggor, Benjamin Millepied, Julian Nicosia, Liz Santoro, Jacopo Godani, Mathilde Monnier...

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.