Area Jeune Ballet
The Professional Dance Program aims to develop versatile dancers and creative artists with high technical mastery. Young dancers aged 16 to 22, recruited by audition in May of each year, follow a two- or three-year course depending on the student’s level and choice.
OUR MISSION
Providing education and training that allows the student to acquire a quality and level of technical and artistic competence perfectly suited to the requirements of today’s choreographers and companies.
Allow the future dancer to find their artistic identity, make them autonomous and help them develop a creative spirit.
Encourage the development of everyone’s talent in performance and choreography through choreographic workshops and shows.
Develop the dancer’s ability to use their own thinking and an independent spirit of analysis and criticism.
Promote professional integration through exchanges and internships within companies.
COURSES
- Ballet
- Contemporary
- Pointes * / Boys classes
- Pilates
- Physical Preparation
- Contemporary partnership
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Répertoire
- Creations **
- Stage expression
- Afro-contemporary
- Acrobatics
- Hip Hop
- Yoga
THEORY / CONFERENCES
- Anatomy/physiology
- Nutrition
- Injury prevention
- Introduction to dance teaching (option)
- Choreographic landscape study
- Professional insertion ***
- Orientation council for auditions, drawing up a résumé, video and photos
* Option, based on the level of classic
** From the second year with the guest choreographers
*** Third year
Year
01
The first year focuses on technical development through daily classical and contemporary dance classes, providing a solid technical foundation and deep physicality. Students explore a variety of contemporary choreographic techniques (modern, floor work, release technique, etc.), preparing them for the demands of guest choreographers and professors throughout their studies. Weekly improvisation and composition classes stimulate their creativity and develop their artistic individuality. Each year, a choreographic platform gives all students the opportunity to showcase their creations. Students perform on stage with works from the school’s repertoire or creations specially designed for them.
Year
02
During the second year, when the young company format takes on its full meaning, students continue to refine their technique while engaging in artistic development and professional scenarios through workshops led by guest choreographers and instructors throughout the year. These workshops offer young dancers an opportunity to explore new vocabularies, develop their adaptability, and understand the reality of the profession. They discover the process of working with a choreographer and the opportunity to gain exposure among international artists. Students perform regularly on stage, allowing them to develop their artistic identity and better understand the expectations of a professional dancer’s life.
For those who choose this two-year program, audition coaching may be offered in consultation with the director, instructors, and the young dancer.
Year
03
The third year is a year of development during which the young dancer prepares for their future professional integration. In addition to the regular program of classes and workshops, students benefit from specific support for their orientation and preparation for auditions. They also have the opportunity to participate in internships in a professional environment. These internships complete the knowledge of life in a company and a better understanding of all aspects of their future profession.
AREA JEUNE BALLET
Our repertoire is rooted in neoclassical dance and extends to include the most contemporary choreographers.
Starting in their second year of training, young dancers work with renowned and/or emerging choreographers and tour.
Area Jeune Ballet performs at festivals and on national and international stages throughout Europe.
The Junior Ballet program is a veritable springboard, introducing students to a wide variety of choreographic languages, thus facilitating their professional integration.
Guest Professors & Choreographers 2025-26
Director and choreographer of Beaver Dam Company. Ex dancer Hofesh Schechter Company.
PERMANENT PROFESSORS
+ Repetitor for the Area Jeune Ballet
ALUMNI
Alumni of the school currently dance in dance companies around the world.
Béjart Ballet Lausanne | Grand Théâtre de Genève | Scapino Ballet Rotterdam | Conny Janssen Danst | Ballet du Rhin | Compagnie Carte Blanche | Theater Chemnitz Tanz | Le Théâtre du Corps Pietragalla | Delattre Dance Company | Tiroler Landestheater | Opéra National de Varsovie | Kamea Dance Company | Kentucky Ballet | Deutsche Tanzkompanie | Cie Illicite Bayonne | Ballet Cymru | The Joffrey Concert Group | Aura Dance Theater | Moveo Dance Company | Székesfehérvár Ballet Theater | Stadttheater Pforzheim | Inversedance Company | Cie IDEM | Preljocaj Ballet Junior | Junior Ballet Zürich | Julio Arozarena Cie | Cie Corpo Barocco | Cie Illicite Bayonne