académie fratellini

Inaugurated in 2003 at La Plaine Saint Denis, the Fratellini Academy is a unique place in Europe, totally dedicated to circus arts.  Directed by Antoine Manceau since February 2009, the activities of Fratellini Academy are structured around three big axes:

• Circus arts upper grade education based on alternation and individualised teaching
• Circus arts practice for all with the Fratellini circus school (5/15 years old), training courses for adults and self training for professionals artists.
• A production and diffusion axis for shows and resident companies.

The Circus Arts CFA (Apprenticeship training centre)

Unique in France, this upper grade circus arts education is based directly on the realities of the sector.  All along his training journey the apprentice multiplies professional experiences in very diverse environments, in situ or out of walls, facilitating his professional insertion in the sector he chooses.

A training linked to the Fratellini Academy activities

Aiming for quality and excellence, the Fratellini Academy welcomes in residence reference artists and companies who nourish the regular yearly program and at the same time intervene with the apprentices in the CFA.

The stakes and issues of circus writing today and more largely of new forms of live shows are placed in the centre of projects.  The Academy is therefore trans disciplinary and associates with artists and theatre companies, dance, plastic arts, multimedia, music…

 A place totally dedicated to the circus arts education

The Fratellini Academy has works spaces (3 studios, 1 dance room) and show spaces (a small circus tent of 250 seats and a big circus building of 1600 seats)

 The pedagogy

Under the impulse of Antoine Manceau and Valérie Fratellini, a new pedagogical program has been elaborated for the 2009-2010 academy year. The teaching is structured around 7 training modules. (3 training modules / 3 professional switching time modules / 1 health module).  The supervision of each axis is led by a reference professional teacher, assuring the content, the follow-up and the pedagogical aims.

The training is opened to news skills in the logic of share of competences with reference establishments of the country: musical training in partnership with The “Conservatoire de musique de Pantin”, economy and management in partnership with Paris 13 Villetaneuse University, singing, acting,…

Académie Fratellini
Rue des cheminots
93210 Saint Denis La Plaine
France

Phone: +33 149 46 00 00

Director: Stéphane Simonin

Pedagogical Director: Valérie Fratellini

Training offered:

• Circus arts profession diploma (DMA) : Level III diploma (Bac +2) recognized by the French National Education Ministry and the Culture and Communication Ministry.  Three year full time training (3350 hours) in alternation bet professional integration (60%) and training time (40%).  The recruited candidates are paid under the status of apprenticeship.
  Download here the training presentation (in French).

Admission:

Prerequisite: age between 16 and 25 years old, European or beholding the right to work in Europe, bachelor or equivalent level.  Have an artistic and/or sport and/or advanced circus practice.  Have an artistic training project and motivation to carry it out.

Selections for the 2012-2013 school year from 26th to 29th June 2012. Application froms to be returned by 10th April and downloadable here.