The Cours Florent is a private French Drama school created in 1965 by François Florent.

The school is currently located on three nearby sites in the 19th

XIXe arrondissement

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 arrondissement

Arrondissements of Paris

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 of Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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: rue Archereau, rue Mathis and Avenue Jean-Jaurès, further along which is located the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris

Conservatoire de Paris

The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...

. The Cours Florent also owns the Théâtre du Marais

Théâtre du Marais

The Théâtre du Marais has been the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France. The original and most famous theatre of the name operated in the 17th century. The name was briefly revived for a revolutionary theatre in 1791, and revived again in 1976...

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Programs

The Cours Florent is known as one of France's most prestigious drama schools, offering classes for students beginning at the age of seven, and offers children's classes, teenagers' classes, and a three-year program to learn acting. The school also has a specialized class to prepare students for the competitive examination of the prestigious Conservatoire national supérieur d'Art dramatique de Paris

CNSAD

The Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique is France's national drama academy in Paris...

(CNSAD), as well as the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (ENSATT) in Lyon

Lyon

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 and the École supérieure d'art dramatique of the Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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 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

Francis Huster

Francis Huster is a French stage, film and television actor, film director and scriptwriter.-Biography:Francis Huster was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national , where he had...

, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Hervé Falloux and Antonia Malinova.

The Cours Florent also has a series of Master Classes with major actors, which has featured Olivier Marchal

Olivier Marchal

Olivier Marchal is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards , for his film 36 Quai des Orfèvres....

, Gilles Lellouche

Gilles Lellouche

Gilles Lellouche is a French actor. He started his career as a director before changing to acting. Lellouche has appeared in more than thirty films since 1995. He was nominated twice for a César Award...

 and alumni Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger

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, Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh

Gad Elmaleh is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut . He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.- Early years :Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco...

, Guillaume Canet

Guillaume Canet

Guillaume Canet is a French actor and film director.Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach...

 and Jacques Weber

Jacques Weber

Jacques Weber is a French actor, director and writer, born in Paris .- Biography :Passionate about drama from his youth, Jacques Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Reims...

 among others. It started offering summer courses in Morocco

Morocco

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 in 2009 and now also offers courses in China

China

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 (with the École Française des Arts Appliqués de Pekin) and Portugal

Portugal

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(with the ACT-Curso Escola de Actores).

Famous alumni

Over its history, many famous people (and successful actors) have come out of the Cours Florent, including: