Professional Dance Program
& Area Jeune Ballet
The Professional Dance Program is spread over a three year period. It produces versatile and creative dancers who have mastered an extensive range of technical skills. This course addresses the needs of dancers from ages 16 to 22 who have reached an advanced level of technique through rigorous and disciplined training.
Throughout the program, emphasis is placed on perfecting both classical
and contemporary techniques. Complementary disciplines such as partnering, physical theatre, acrobatics, hip-hop, pilates and yoga complete the program.
Students will be encouraged to develop their creativity and individuality as an artist through improvisation and composition workshops. Throughout the year, visiting professors and choreographers offer young dancers an artistic opening and make them adaptable to new proposals.
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.
CLASSES
TECHNIQUES
- Ballet
- Contemporary
- Pointes * / Boys classes
- Modern
- Floor Barre
- Pilates
COMPLEMENTARY
- Ballet and Contemporary partnering
- Physical Theater
- Afro-contemporary
- Acrobatics
- Hip-Hop
- Yoga
WORKSHOPS
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Répertoire
- Creations **
THEORETICAL/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 is based on perfecting the three fundamental techniques: classic, contemporary and modern. These disciplines are taught intensively throughout the first year, providing a solid foundation of technical skills that will enable students to approach the different demands and styles of guest choreographers and teachers throughout the training. From the second semester, students have the opportunity to perform on stage and present pieces that are part of the school repertoire or choreographed for them as part of a choreographic workshop as well as their composition work.
Year
02
During the second year, students continue to perfect their technique while engaging in artistic openness and professional situations through workshops led by guest choreographers and teachers throughout the year. These workshops offer an opportunity for young dancers to explore new vocabularies, develop their adaptability and understand the reality of the profession, in particular the process of working with a choreographer and the possibility of making themselves known to international artists. Students join the junior ballet and perform very regularly on stage, which allows them to develop their stage ease and their artistic identity.
Year
03
The third year is a springboard year during which the young dancer prepares for his future professional integration. In addition to the regular program of courses and workshops, students benefit from specific coaching for their orientation and preparation for auditions. They also have the opportunity to participate in internships in a professional environment. These internships give them a first approach to life in a company and an overview of all aspects of their future profession.
AREA JEUNE BALLET
From the 2nd year, students join the Area Jeune Ballet which represents a direct exposure to the reality of the profession.
The young dancers work with renowned and/or emerging choreographers and tackle a varied repertoire representative of the current professional environment.
Area Jeune Ballet performs in festivals and on national and international stages in Europe.
The junior ballet is a real springboard familiarizing students with numerous choreographic languages and thus promoting their professional integration.
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Guest Professors & Choreographers 2024-25
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 | Ballet du Rhin | Compagnie Carte Blanche | Chemnitz Theatre Dance | Chemnitz Theatre Dance | Le Théâtre du Corps Pietragalla, France | Delattre Dance Company, Allemagne | Tiroler Landestheater, Autriche | Opéra National de Varsovie | Kamea Dance Company Israël | Kentucky Ballet | Deutsche Tanzkompanie | Aura Dance Theater | Moveo Dance Company Malta | Székesfehérvár Ballet Theater | Stadttheater Pforzheim | Inversedance Company | Compagnie IDEM | Preljocaj Ballet Junior | Junior Ballet Zürich | Julio Arozarena Cie | Cie Corpo Barocco | Cie Illicite Bayonne
