ESNAM CELEBRATES ITS NEW GRADUATES AND ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PARTICIPATION IN TEMPS D'M

On 27 June 2024, the 16 students in ESNAM’s 13th graduating class (2021-2024) were unanimously awarded the Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Comédien (DNSPC), specialising in puppeteering. They are now young professionals.
With 9 performances and nearly 800 admissions over three days, the three Cartes blanches, end-of-study projects, concluded their three-year course at ESNAM.

The graduates accompanied by the graduation jury in the presence of the Mayor of Charleville-Mézières, Boris Ravignon (Photo IIM)
The graduates accompanied by the graduation jury in the presence of the Mayor of Charleville-Mézières, Boris Ravignon (Photo IIM)

The international jury, made up of artists, company managers, academics, puppet teachers and a representative of the French Ministry of Culture, highlighted the quality of the puppets’ interpretation, manipulation and construction, awarding several mentions and distinctions. They congratulated the young graduates and wished them every success in their professional and artistic careers.

The freshly graduated class is already preparing to meet up with the public again at the Temps d’M event, an inter-Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes, which will be held from 18 to 22 September and which will honour ESNAM with shows by 13 generations of graduates to discover and rediscover!
www.festival-marionnette.com

GRADUATES OF THE 13TH CLASS (2021-2024)
Kahina Abderrahmani
Elise Cornille
Marina de Munck
Inès Dill—Camara
Raphaël Dupuy
Julie Gouverne
Gurvan Grall
Gwenaelle Guillebot de Nerville
Pedro Hermelin-Velez
Pierre Lac
Melody Shanty Mahe
Camille Marcon
Luana Montabonel
Maxence Moulin
Mathilde Peinetti
Lucas Sivignon

THE DIPLOMA JURY
Pierre-Yves Charlois
President of the Jury, Director of the Institut International de la Marionnette/Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la
Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes (France)
Kaori Ito
Director of the TJP Centre Dramatique National de Strasbourg Grand Est, artistic director of the Himé company (France)
Agnès Limbos
Artistic Director of the company Gare Centrale (Belgium)
Julika Mayer
Co-director of the Puppet Department at the Hochschule für Musik und Theaterkunst (HMDK) in Stuttgart (Germany)
Guillaume Pinçon
Senior lecturer in theatre studies, representative of the Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV) (France)
Annabel Poincheval
Inspector of creation - theatre and associated arts college at the Department of Inspection of Artistic Creation (DGCA) (France)
Elise Vigneron
Artistic Director of the compagnie de l’Entrouvert (France)