Cours Florent
French drama school in Paris
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::summary French drama school in Paris ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cours Florent |
| native_name_lang | en |
| caption | Cours Florent |
| type | Private |
| founder | François Florent |
| president | Frédéric Montfort |
| students | 2,500 |
| city | Paris, France |
| Brussels, Belgium | |
| Montpellier, France | |
| Bordeaux, France | |
| language | French, English |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Cours Florent | native_name_lang = en | caption = Cours Florent | type = Private | founder = François Florent | president = Frédéric Montfort | students = 2,500 | city = Paris, France Brussels, Belgium Montpellier, France Bordeaux, France | language = French, English | website = The Cours Florent is a private drama school in Paris, France, established in 1967 by French theater actor François Florent.
Location
The school's facilities are located on three sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris: Rue Archereau, Rue Mathis, and Avenue Jean-Jaurès. The Cours Florent also has satellite campuses in Brussels, Belgium; Montpellier, France; and Bordeaux, France.
Programs
The Cours Florent is known as one of France's most prestigious drama schools. It offers a three-year acting and theatre program for children, teenagers, and adults. Since 2011, the school has also offered a three-year program called "Acting in English" for both French and foreign English-speaking students. Auditions are organized in May and September, and two intensive summer programs are available in July and August.
The school also hosts 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 National Theatre of Strasbourg.
Many renowned actors and acting teachers have taught classes at the Cours Florent, including Francis Huster, Olivier Marchal, Gilles Lellouche, and alumni Diane Kruger, Gad Elmaleh, Guillaume Canet and Jacques Weber.
Notable alumni
Many notable actors, both French and foreign, have graduated or attended the Cours Florent, including:
- Isabelle Adjani
- Morjana Alaoui
- Yvan Attal
- Daniel Auteuil
- Édouard Baer
- Jeanne Balibar
- Malik Bentalha
- Dominique Blanc
- Guillaume Canet
- Jil Caplan (teacher)
- Isabelle Carré
- Cecil Castellucci
- Nicolas Cazalé
- Pauline Chalamet
- Anne Consigny
- Clotilde Courau
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin
- Alain Defossé
- Cyril Descours
- Emmanuelle Devos
- Guillaume de Tonquédec
- Marie de Villepin
- Vincent Elbaz
- Gad Elmaleh
- Mylène Farmer
- Stéphane Freiss
- Thierry Frémont
- Guillaume Gallienne
- José Garcia
- Olivier Gourmet
- Eva Green
- Marina Hands
- Francis Huster (teacher)
- Agnès Jaoui
- Pom Klementieff
- Diane Kruger
- Samuel Le Bihan
- Vincent Lindon
- Luce
- Sophie Marceau
- Ali Marhyar
- Noémie Merlant
- Thierry Mugler
- Pierre Niney
- Jérôme Pradon
- Cristiana Reali
- Muriel Robin
- Sebastian Roché
- Jean-Paul Rouve
- Éric Ruf
- Mathilde Seigner
- Audrey Tautou
- Gaspard Ulliel
- Arnaud Valois
- Tasha de Vasconcelos
- Jacques Weber
- Elia Zaharia
- Océane Zhu
- Elsa Zylberstein
References
References
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- Geais, Pierrick. (December 5, 2018). "Pierre Niney, Muriel Robin, Yvan Attal, Francis Huster… racontés par le fondateur du Cours Florent". [[Vanity Fair (magazine).
- [https://fr.news.yahoo.com/malik-bentalha-j-toujours-voulu-ressembler-à-jamel-20110126-063800-885.html « Malik Bentalha : "J'ai toujours voulu ressembler à Jamel" »], ''[[Yahoo! News]].com'', 26 janvier 2011.
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- "Nos anciens élèves aux Molières 2020". Cours Florent.
- "Cecil Seaskull - The jots of a nerdy girl". Misscecil.com.
- Levieux, Michèle. (April 19, 2003). "Nicolas Cazalé: "Il faut savoir diriger sa rage"". L'Humanité.
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- Conradsson, Pauline. (December 3, 2023). "Qui est Pauline Chalamet, sœur aînée de Timothée, comédienne en vue aussi bien en France qu'à Hollywood?". Le Parisien.
- (May 16, 2017). "Décès de l'écrivain et traducteur Alain Defossé". Livres Hebdo.
- Complices - un film de Frédéric Mermoud (Dossier de presse) 2009, Descours biography, p11.
- "Biographie de Gad Elmaleh".
- (12 March 2018). "De Zézette à "Ghostland"... Mylène Farmer a toujours joué la comédie".
- Jean Paul Billo. (February 3, 2012). "José Garcia, poids et démesure". [[France Bleu]].
- (2 July 2013). "Q&A with Pom Klementieff". Anthem Magazine.
- "Biographie de Vincent Lindon".
- [https://www.coursflorent.education/news/french-actors-marceau ''Sophie Marceau ''] at Cours Florent (retrieved 14 April 2021)
- (6 April 2017). "Ali Marhyar Rencontre Les Élèves du Cours Florent à Bruxelles".
- "University in Belgium".
- "Wake up call for dreamer Noémie". Eye for Film.
- "Jerome Pradon". Jerome Pradon.
- "Audrey Tautou {{!}} Cours Florent". Cours Florent.
- (25 February 2017). "La gueule d'ange du cinéma: Gaspard Ulliel, César du meilleur acteur".
- Bonnet, Dominique. (January 16, 2024). "Le prince Leka II d'Albanie divorce d'Elia Zaharia, la mère de sa fille, la princesse Geraldine". [[Paris Match]].
- Siahpoush-Royoux, Nina. (November 7, 2020). "Francis Huster prof craquant au Cours Florent: "On était toutes amoureuses de lui"". [[Gala (magazine).
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