You can apply via the dedicated platform on our website. No application sent via post or email will be taken into consideration.

Please, make sure that you follow every step of the application process and that you don’t forget any required document, in the right format (formats are indicated in the form). Incomplete or non-compliant applications will not be taken into consideration. 

In order to finalise your application, you will need to proceed to the payment of the 45€ registration fee. This fee is non-refundable and can be paid by credit card only. Once the payment for your registration fees goes through, you will receive a confirmation email for your application.  

You can generally apply from September 1^st to the beginning of October of the audition year. Pass this date, the platform will be closed.
It will not be possible to apply after this date.  

Parents then receive a registration file to complete and send back rapidly, so that they can begin at the School in the following September.

For school year 2024/2025, 1-year trainees will be registered at the Paris Opera Ballet School for the 2024-2025 school year. At the end of the year, they pass a competitive exam in June 2025 which will determine their admission as full-time students for the following year, beginning in September. 

In case they would not be admitted, they can apply for the training program selections of the following year, depending on their age.  

Students have their education divided in two parts each day: in the morning, from 8 am to 12 am, the students attend academic classes and in the afternoon, they have ballet classes.
The students have a lunch break with a meal they necessarily take at the School restaurant, then the ballet lessons start at 1.30 pm, with a break and a snack at the restaurant between 4.30 pm and 5 pm. They can have one or two classes of 1h30 each every day, apart from rehearsals.

The School has a boarding house, open from Sunday evening to Thursday evening included. Half-board is compulsory, as well as the snack, but the boarder-house is not. It is a service offered to families.

Families must be able to come and pick up their children in case of illness or accident. This is the reason why families who live outside the region of Paris must have a person living in Paris or in the nearby region. During the Spring, 1-year trainees can take part in the rehearsals and the Ballet School performance.  

The cost of boarding for the academic year 2023-2024 is as follows:

• €1848 for the 1^st term (September to December)
• €1386 for the 2^nd term (January to March)
• €1386 for the 3^rd term (April to June)

The cost of the canteen for the academic year 2023-2024 is set at €8.55 per day for half-boarders (lunch and afternoon snack).