Cours Florent

The Cours Florent is known as one of France's most prestigious drama schools, offering a three-year program to learn acting and theatre classes for children, teenagers, and adults.

Since 2011, the school also offers a three-year program in English called "Acting in English" for English-speaking students and foreigners. Students can apply to this program during the school year. Auditions are organized in May and September, and 2 intensive summer programs are available in July and August.

Cours Florent International courses offer students not only the chance to refine their dramatic acting skills but also to experience full immersion in the cultural and artistic life of France.

The school has 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 Strasbourg National Theater. But the Cours Florent is above all famous for its Classe libre (Free class) where many French actors and actresses have studied, with teachers like Francis Huster, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Hervé Falloux and Antonia Malinova.

Cours Florent also has a series of Master Classes with major international teachers, like Mark Bell, and actors such as Olivier Marchal, Gilles Lellouche and alumni Diane Kruger, Gad Elmaleh, Guillaume Canet and Jacques Weber among others.

Over its history, many notable people have graduated from the Cours Florent, including:

• (in English) Official English website

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