Conservatoire de Paris
Overview
Jean Jaurès
Jean Léon Jaurès was a French Socialist leader. Initially an Opportunist Republican, he evolved into one of the first social democrats, becoming the leader, in 1902, of the French Socialist Party, which opposed Jules Guesde's revolutionary Socialist Party of France. Both parties merged in 1905 in...
in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The conservatoire offers instruction in music, dance, and drama, drawing on the traditions of the "French School." In 1946 it was split into two Conservatoires, one for acting, theatre and drama, known as the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD
CNSAD
The Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique is France's national drama academy in Paris...
), and the other for music and dance, known as the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP).
The conservatories operate under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Communication
Minister of Culture (France)
The Minister of Culture is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts in France and abroad; and managing the national archives and regional "maisons de culture"...
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The origins of the Paris Conservatoire can be traced back to the creation of the École Royale de Chant (literally, The Royal School of Singing) by decree of Louis XIV on 28 June 1669.
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