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The Cours Florent is a private French Drama school created in 1965 by François Florent.
The school is currently located on three nearby sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France: rue Archereau, rue Mathis and Avenue Jean-Jaurès, further along which is located the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. The Cours Florent also owns the Théâtre du Marais.
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Programs
The Cours Florent is known as one of France's most prestigious drama schools, offering classes for students beginning at the age of seven, and offers children's classes, teenagers' classes, and a three-year program to learn acting. The school also has a specialized class to prepare students for the competitive examination of the prestigious Conservatoire national supérieur d'Art dramatique de Paris (CNSAD), as well as the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (ENSATT) in Lyon and the École supérieure d'art dramatique of the Strasbourg National Theater. But the Cours Florent is above all famous for its Classe libre (Free class) where many French actors and actresses have studied, with teachers like Francis Huster, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Hervé Falloux and Antonia Malinova.
The Cours Florent also has a series of Master Classes with major actors, which has featured Olivier Marchal, Gilles Lellouche and alumni Diane Kruger, Gad Elmaleh, Guillaume Canet and Jacques Weber among others. It started offering summer courses in Morocco in 2009 and now also offers courses in China (with the École Française des Arts Appliqués de Pekin) and Portugal (with the ACT-Curso Escola de Actores).
Famous alumni
Over its history, many famous people (and successful actors) have come out of the Cours Florent, including:
- Isabelle Adjani
- Morjana Alaoui
- Yvan Attal
- Mylène Farmer
- Daniel Auteuil
- Édouard Baer
- Jeanne Balibar
- Dominique Blanc
- Guillaume Canet
- Jil Caplan
- Isabelle Carré
- Nicolas Cazalé
- Anne Consigny
- Clotilde Courau
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin
- Emmanuelle Devos
- Marie de Villepin
- Vincent Elbaz
- Gad Elmaleh
- Stéphane Freiss
- Thierry Frémont
- José Garcia
- Olivier Gourmet
- Eva Green
- Agnès Jaoui
- Marina Hands
- Francis Huster
- Diane Kruger
- Samuel Le Bihan
- Vincent Lindon
- Sophie Marceau
- Jérôme Pradon[1]
- Cristiana Reali
- Muriel Robin
- Jean-Paul Rouve
- Mathilde Seigner
- Audrey Tautou
- Gaspard Ulliel
- Jacques Weber
- Elsa Zylberstein
References
External links
- (French) Official website
Categories:- Education in Paris
- Drama schools in France
- Educational institutions established in 1965
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