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Admission procedure for girls and boys from 8 to under 11 years old as of September 1st

Season 2025/2026

Registrations for the 6-month course reserved for children aged 8 to under 11 are open from September 1 to September 30, 2025.

Any questions ? Please send an email to ecolededanse@operadeparis.fr or call +33 1 40 01 80 00.

FAQ 6 months training program

Démonstrations de l'École de Danse (saison 18/19) © Francette Levieux / OnP

The 6 months training program is dedicated to girls and boys aged between 8 to under 11 as of September 1^st 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 51€ 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.

Once the initial application review is completed, selected candidates will be invited to a first in-person selection held at the School in Nanterre. This stage allows the jury to observe, among other things, the candidates' flexibility and foot articulation.

Following this first round, successful candidates will be invited to a final selection, also held at the School. This will consist of a classical ballet class tailored to their age and the expected level.

Candidates are never alone in front of the jury.

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.

The cost of boarding for the academic year 2025-2026 is as follows:

€2052 for the 1^stterm (September to December)
€1539 for the 2^nd term (January to March)
€1539 for the 3^rd term (April to June)

The cost of the canteen for the academic year 2025-2026 is set at €9.71 per day for half-boarders (lunch and afternoon snack).

Children whose families do not live in Paris or the Paris region are required to have a so-called host or correspondent family living in Paris or the surrounding area. This family will be responsible for taking care of the child if they fall ill, taking them to the doctor if needed, or hosting them on weekends when the boarding school is closed . The School does not assist in finding these families.