Professional Dance Program
& Area Jeune Ballet
The three-year Professional Dance Program aims to develop versatile dancers and creative artists with a high level of technical mastery.
Designed for young dancers aged 16 to 22 with a solid foundation and regular training in classical and contemporary dance, the program emphasizes technical refinement while fostering creativity and individuality.
Guest artists and choreographers enrich the curriculum, providing artistic insight and preparing students to adapt to diverse creative projects.
Performance is central to the training, with original works presented annually at festivals and on national and international stages. Choreographic platforms offer students the opportunity to showcase their own creations.
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 methods (modern, floor work, release-based techniques), preparing them for the demands of guest choreographers and teachers 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 present their creations. Students also have the opportunity to perform on stage with works from the school’s repertoire or creations specially designed for them.
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.
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 | 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
