16 CANDIDATES ADMITTED to the 14th ENTRANCE EXAM (23 April 2024)
This recruitment marks the return of international students. After a 2021 entrance exam restricted by the pandemic, we are delighted to welcome students from South Africa, Brazil, Italy, Switzerland and a dual Russian-Israeli nationality. The class is made up of 16 students, with an average age of 23, and backgrounds in theatre, visual arts, circus and dance
The 14th class of the ESNAM (2024-2027)
Laïs ARGIS
Anatole AUBIN
Séraphine BOUCREUX
Oscare DE CONINCK
Isa DEHOSTINGUE
Ivan DUVAL
Marie Pétra GALLIZIA
Elsa LEGER
Nicolas LONGUET
Héloïse MARSAL
Nayara MARTINS SOARES (Brazil)
Matteo NIFOSI (Italy)
Anna NIKOLSKAIA (Israel/Russia)
Lucile SEILAZ (Switzerland)
Klara VAN ROOYEN (South Africa)
Anatole VERGER BERNARD
Final jury
(22 and 23 April 2024)
- Pierre-Yves Charlois, Director of the Institut International de la Marionnette/ ESNAM and of the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes, President of the Jury.
- Sarah Andrieu, Teaching Manager for ESNAM.
- Natacha Belova, set designer, puppeteer and visual artist, artistic director of the Belova-Iacobelli company, Brussels (Belgium).
- Emilie Flacher, director and puppet builder, Arnica company, Bourg en Bresse (France).
- Fabrizio Montecchi, shadow theatre director and set designer, Compagnie Teatro Gioco Vita, Piacenza (Italy).
- Duda Païva, dancer and choreographer, artistic director of the Duda Paiva Company, Amersfoort (Netherlands). He received the Swan most impressive dance production award in 2023 for Avatãra.
- Annabel Poincheval, artistic creation inspector at the Ministry of Culture, Paris (France).
- Bérangère Vantusso, director of Théâtre Olympia, CDN de Tours, Trois-Six-Trente company (France).