Access to Pre-Professional formation requires high motivation, strong predispositions and great discipline. It is conditioned by good aptitudes at both school and dance.
The pre-professional training program includes rigorous daily work in Ballet (including Barre a terre and Pointes) and weekly classes in Jazz and Contemporary, the base disciplines of dance today. The pace of the students work is increased gradually as they progress and is adapted to meet the demands of their scholarity. Schedules are established based on the age of the student and the direction chosen in agreement with the professors.
Students in this sector are educated in the cycles and colleges of the canton of Geneva in Sport-Art-Studies classes with flexible hours. dance classes mainly take place in the afternoons between 13h:30 and 18:00.
Some private schools also offer flexible timetables for students in the pre-vocational program.
For students wishing to pass their baccalaureate or federal maturity at a distance, personalized academic support is possible (information on request).
WEEKLY
PROGRAM
- 5 Ballet classes of 1h30 or 1h45 depending on the level
- Pointes/repertoire
- Pilates or muscle strengthening / floor barre
- Character (1st level only)
- Contemporary
- Modern'Jazz
- Theater Workshop (1ersemester)
- Preparation workshop for shows / competitions / internships
- Afro-contemporary
Optionally: additional classes in street, hip-hop and taps.
STUDENT FOLLOW-UP
- Semestrial evaluations
- End of year exams
- Deliberation of the professors
- Interview with each student and her/his parents at year’s end
Students who have not obtained sufficient results at the end of the year will be directed to a less demanding program, allowing them to continue to grow serenely and at their own pace, so as not to encourage young people to persevere on a path too arduous for them.
STUDENTS FROM THE PRE-PROFESSIONAL FORMATION HAVE JOINED THE FOLLOWING PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOLS
- Royal Ballet school London
- École de danse de l’Opéra de Paris
- English National Ballet School, Londres
- École du Ballet de Hambourg John Neumeier
- Cannes Jeune Ballet
- Junior Ballet Antwerp
- Junior Ballet Zürich
- École-Atelier Rudra Béjart, Lausanne
- Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon
- The Ailey School, NYC
- Codarts Rotterdam Dance Academy
- John Cranko School, Stuttgart
- Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds
- Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Londres
