The Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (; National Academy of Dramatic Arts; abbr. CNSAD) is France's national drama academy, located in Paris and a constituent college of Paris Sciences et Lettres University.
It is a higher education institution run by the French Ministry of Culture and has an acceptance rate of two to three percent and an average graduating class of thirty students. Its alumni include: Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Isabelle Huppert, Carole Bouquet, Sebastian Roché, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Louis Garrel, Celine Sallette and Olivier Martinez.
History
The CNSAD was founded as a part of the Conservatoire de Paris in 1795, making it the oldest acting school in Continental Europe. The Conservatoire de Paris split in 1946, with one school for the dramatic arts, and the other for music and dance, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP).
Admissions
The CNSAD offers a degree, three-year study program, with the CNSAD diploma awarded on completion. The school admits approximately thirty students per year (usually fifteen men and fifteen women), as well as some invited foreign trainees (stagiaires étrangers). The school has a rigorous three-round competitive selection process, with only two percent to three percent of applicants gaining admittance.
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Armand Bernard
- Richard Berry
- Lily Bloom
- Carole Bouquet
- Michel Bouquet
- Anne Coesens
- Grégory Gadebois
- Guillaume Gallienne
- Nicole Garcia
- Louis Garrel
- Claude Giraud
- Marina Hands
- Isabelle Huppert
- Tewfik Jallab
- Samuel Le Bihan
- Jean-Pierre Lorit
- Jean-Pierre Marielle
- Olivier Martinez
- Sara Martins
- Daniel Mesguich
- Anna Mouglalis
- Jeanne Moreau
- Reggie Nalder
- Vincent Perez
- Gérard Philipe
- Sebastian Roché
- Jean Rochefort
- Philippine de Rothschild
- James Thiérrée
- Pierre-Benoist Varoclier
- Jacques Villeret
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References
External links
- cnsad.psl.eu, official website (in French—with one introductory page in English)