B.M.PhD

Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University has incorporated Circus art education throughout the LMD system since 1995, and research in circus art since 2005. It is recognized today as a unique academic centre in Europe, among national and international reference points for circus.

CIRCUS TEACHING PROPOSED IN THE PROGRAM "THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS"

Academic Staff specialised in circus topics:

• Charlène Dray: PhD. in Performing Arts, Montpellier 3 and Animal's Lab-INRAE-Montpellier
• Elisabeth Gavalda: PhD. in Performing Arts, Paris 3, RiRRa 21
• Philippe Goudard: Full Pr. in Performing Arts, RiRRa 21, Montpellier 3
• Alix de Morant: Asst-Pr. in Theatrical and Choreographic Studies, RiRRa 21, Montpellier 3
• Pierre Philippe-Meden: Asst-Pr. in Circus Studies (History et Aesthetics), RiRRa 21, Montpellier 3, MSH-Paris Nord
• Léa de Trucis de Varennes: Doctoral student in Performing Arts (circus), RiRRa 21, Montpellier 3

COURSES

BACHELOR THEATRE & PERFORMING ARTS
B 1st year

• "Circus trades" (Seminars-24h)
• "Discover and understand Circus" (Seminars-24h)
• "Performance analysis" (Seminars-12h)
• "Circus apparatus" (Workshop- 12h)

B 2nd year

• "Circus history and aesthetics " (Lectures -24h)
• Practice workshops (24h)
• Internships
• Supervised projects

RESEARCH MASTER'S IN THEATRE & PERFORMING ARTS

• "Circus and Cinema" in the first year of the program (Lectures-13h)
• Master's Degree thesis dedicated to circus arts in the first and second year of the program
• Master's Degree thesis based on a personal circus creation in the first and second year of the program
• Internships and related paper

MASTER'S PERFORMING ARTS

• For circus artists
• Master's Degree thesis dedicated to circus arts in the first and second year of the program
• Master's Degree thesis based on a personal circus creation in the first and second year of the program
• Internships

MASTER ARTISTIC DIRECTION OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL PROJECTS

• "Circus arts today" in the second year of master DAPCE (Seminars-6h)
• Accessible to students with a circus arts production training project

PhD. IN CIRCUS ARTS

• within Ecole Doctorale 58 and Research Centre Rirra21 (EA 4209)
• under supervision of Full Professors or Assistant professors specialised in circus studies of the teaching team
• in co-direction (co- research directors from Montpellier 3 and another French university)
• in joint supervision (research directors from Montpellier 3 and another university abroad)