The Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (French pronunciation:[kɔ̃sɛʁvatwaʁnasjɔnalsypeʁjœʁdaʁdʁamatik], National Academy of Dramatic Arts, abbr. CNSAD) is France's national drama academy, located in Paris and a constituent college of University PSL.
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.[1] 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.[1] A stage-directing program was launched in 2001.
