Admission procedure for girls and boys from 8 to under 11 years old as of September 1, 2021
Aged from 8 to under 11
The admission is done by means of a training period at the end of which pupils take an entrance examination to the school. For children from 8 to under 11 years old, the training program will last 6 months from January to June.
Terms
This program is dedicated to girls and boys from 8 to under 11 years old as of September 1st, 2021.
Applications must be submitted online only between September 1st and September 30th 2021 on the dedicated platform. The 39€ application fee is non-refundable and must be paid at the end of the online application process, by credit card only.
A preliminary selection will be made on file. Successful candidates will receive a invitation to audition for the six-months training program on November 11th, 17th and 18th 2021. At the end of the training program, in June 2022, the trainees will take an examination determining their admission to the Ballet School for the school year 2022-2023.
Any questions ? Please send an email to ecolededanse@operadeparis.fr or call +33 1 40 01 80 00.
FEES FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Half-boarders : fees will be communicated at the start of school year.
Boarders :
€1680 for the 1st term,
€1296 for the 2nd and for the 3rd terms (meals included)
The 6 months training program is dedicated to girls and boys aged between 8 to under 11 as of September 1st of the audition year.
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 39€ 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 1st to September 30th or 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 received a registration file to complete and send back quickly, so they can begin the training program in the School after Christmas Holidays, at the beginning of January. 6-months trainees will be registered at the Paris Opera Ballet School from January to June. At the end of the 6 months, they will pass a competitive exam 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. According to the schedule, a 1h30 time slot of study period is planned three times a week from 1.30 pm to 3 pm. 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. Due to their young age, a supervisor takes care exclusively of those trainees. 6-months trainees don’t take part in the Ballet School performance in April, thus they do not take part in the rehearsals either.
