Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique

{{short description|French national drama academy in Paris}} {{Infobox university | name = Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique | logo = Logo CNSAD.svg | image_name = Theatre du Conservatoire Paris CNSAD.jpg | image_size = 270px | image_alt = | native_name = | latin_name = | caption = CNSAD’s main building in Paris | address = 2 bis rue du Conservatoire | city = Paris | province = Île-de-France | country = France | zipcode = 75009 | coordinates = {{coord|48.8723|N|2.3468|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:FR|display=inline,title}} | affiliation = PSL Research University | head_label = Administrator | head = French Ministry of Culture | type = Grande école | campus = Urban | established = {{Start date and years ago|1784|07|19|df=y}} (as a part of the Conservatoire de Paris) <br /> 1946 (as the CNSAD) | website = {{url|cnsad.psl.eu}} }}

The '''Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique''' ({{IPA|fr|kɔ̃sɛʁvatwaʁ nɑsjɔnal sypeʁjœʁ daʁ dʁamatik}}; 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.<ref name="cnsad">{{cite web|title= Presentation|publisher=CNSAD|url=http://www.cnsad.fr/interface.php|access-date=15 June 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424092625/http://www.cnsad.fr/interface.php|archive-date=24 April 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="cnsad" /> A stage-directing program was launched in 2001.

==Location== thumb|right|Entrance to the CNSAD (May 2009) The school's main building, is located on the rue du Conservatoire in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Its famous theatre, built in 1811 by the architect Delannoy, was the site of Hector Berlioz's debut symphony, the ''Symphonie fantastique'', as well as the first French performances of Beethoven's Third and Fifth Symphonies. <!--See talk page ==Notable alumni==

{{more citations needed section|date=May 2014}} {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * Jean-Hugues Anglade * Michel Auclair * Sabine Azéma * Jeanne Balibar * Nathalie Baye<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rueduconservatoire.fr/eleve/4a22faf3a6b14/nathalie_baye|title=Nathalie Baye CNSAD alumni| access-date=29 January 2011 }}</ref> * Jean-Paul Belmondo * Armand Bernard * Richard Berry * Lily Bloom<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rueduconservatoire.fr/eleve/4a22faf4345f2/lily_bloom|title=Lily Bloom CNSAD alumni| access-date=29 January 2011 }}</ref> * Carole Bouquet * Michel Bouquet * Anne Coesens<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/iff/ILEGAL_DP.pdf|title=Cannes 2010 brochure for ''Illegal''|date=2010|access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> * Grégory Gadebois * Guillaume Gallienne * Nicole Garcia<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rueduconservatoire.fr/eleve/4a22faf7c65a5/nicole_garcia|title=Nicole Garcia CNSAD alumni| access-date=30 January 2011 }}</ref> * Louis Garrel * Claude Giraud * Marina Hands * Isabelle Huppert<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/isabelle-huppert-34067|title=Isabelle Huppert|work=Allmovie|first=Rebecca Flint|last=Marx|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> * Tewfik Jallab<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rueduconservatoire.fr/profil_ancien_eleve/4a22faf889ad8/tewfik_jallab|title=Tewfik Jallab CNSAD alumni| access-date=29 June 2018 }}</ref> * Samuel Le Bihan * Jean-Pierre Lorit * Jean-Pierre Marielle * Olivier Martinez * Sara Martins * Daniel Mesguich * Anna Mouglalis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rueduconservatoire.fr/eleve/4a22fafa31ced/anna_mouglalis|title=Anna Mouglalis CNSAD alumni| access-date=30 January 2011 }}</ref> * Jeanne Moreau * Reggie Nalder * Vincent Perez * Gérard Philipe * Sebastian Roché * Jean Rochefort * Philippine de Rothschild * James Thiérrée * Pierre-Benoist Varoclier<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rueduconservatoire.fr/profil_ancien_eleve/4a538b84ee37d/pierre-benoist_varoclier|title=Pierre-Benoist Varoclier CNSAD alumni| access-date=29 June 2018 }}</ref> * Jacques Villeret<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rueduconservatoire.fr/eleve/4a22fafd0c312/jacques_villeret|title=Jacques Villeret CNSAD alumni| access-date=30 January 2011 }}</ref> {{div col end}}-->

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://cnsad.psl.eu cnsad.psl.eu], official website (in French—with one introductory page in English)

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