Since 1984, AFPOB has supported the Paris Opera & Ballet’s major projects and developed specific programs to encourage French American artistic cooperation.
CURRENT PROJECTS ———— QUICK LOOK
“The world of performing arts cannot exist without the artists, and the youngest of them are facing an exceptional ordeal to turn their demanding and life-long training into a livelihood.”
OLIVIA TOURNAY FLATTO
Chairman of the American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet
Emergency Relief Campaign
Young Artists Relief Fund
Support the young generation of artists during COVID-19 Crisis
USA and France
Open for funding
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have recently created a Young Artists Relief Fund to help deserving artists – from prestigious ballet schools who are completing their training or transitioning to professional life in these particularly challenging times.
Production
Underwrite Productions at the Paris Opera and Ballet
Paris Opera Houses
Upcoming Seasons
The Paris Opera cannot enrich its repertoire of new productions without the generosity of donors. Join the “Cercle Berlioz” to support the Paris Opera productions and join the “Cercle Noverre” to support the Paris Opera Ballet productions.
Production
American Companies and Artists Invited at the Paris Opera and Ballet
Foster artistic cooperation
Paris Opera Houses
Upcoming seasons
Underwriting productions in Paris that prominently feature the work of American artists is at the core of our mission, and is one of our main ongoing projects. You can support our project through donations, or read more about our past US tours and successes by clicking on the link below
Education
Scholarships to Young Artists
Exchange Program – Training
France and USA
Summer
Launched at the Paris Opera Ballet School in 2013, on the 300th Anniversary of the School, the Summer Intensive Program has been enjoying an increasing interest and success over the years. Since 2016, a reciprocal program allowing for young dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet School to participate in the Summer Program in schools all over the world including in the United States, at the San Francisco Ballet School and since 2017, at the Boston Ballet School, the Houston Ballet School and Northwest Pacific School. Read more about this programme by clicking on the link below.
Campaign
Name a seat
Transmission, outreach program
Palais Garnier – Paris
Ongoing Campaign
The Paris National Opera offers you the opportunity to adopt one or several seats and to write your name or that of a loved one at the heart of the Palais Garnier. The benefits from this exceptional campaign allow the Paris National Opera to pursue its mission of transmitting knowledge and opening to the younger generations the doors of tis two theaters, the Palais Garnier and the Opera Bastille. The dedicated interactive website (fauteuils.operadeparis.fr/en) states the campaign’s evolution and shows which seats are available for adoption.
Campaign
En Pointes
Support Paris Opera Ballet Company
Paris
Ongoing Campaign
Ballerinas use about 10,000 pairs of pointe shoes each season and an Etoile can wear up to 3 pairs in a single performance! Ballet shoes are essential the dancers’ art and allow them to work at their best level every day. By financing them, you support their excellence up to the tip of their toes!
International Outreach
Paris Opera & Ballet US Tours
Share with American Audience
USA
Project in 2021/2022
The Paris Opera & Ballet regularly tours all over the world, AFPOB is closely involved when the Orchestra or Company tours in US. Thanks to AFPOB, the Company has regularly come to the US, at the Lincoln Center (NYC), Kennedy Center (DC), Harris Theatre (Chicago), and last time in 2001 on the West Coast: Memorial (San Francisco), Orange County
International Outreach
Broadcast & Recordings
Support filming and recordings
Worldwide
Ongoing Campaign
Filing and recording have long been important tools for the Paris Opera & Ballet to grant access to their treasures to a greater public than the one sitting in the theaters.
International Outreach
3e SCENE
Digital Project
Worldwide
Ongoing Project
Launched in 2015, the 3e Scene (Third Stage) aims at promoting different forms of contemporary creation, using digital technology, through original works offering an unusual glimpse into the universe of music and dance, of the Paris Opera, its heritage, its craftsmanship and the architecture of its venues. More than 60 original works are available and free on the Paris Opera website.
Renovation
The Paris Opera Architectural Projects
Preservation
Palais Garnier – Opera Bastille
Ongoing Campaign
The preservation and transmission of cultural heritage are central to the mission of the Paris Opera & Ballet, a mission inherited directly from its ancestors, the Academie Royale de Danse founded in 1661 and from the Academie Royale de Musique, founded in 1669. Extending and disseminating the lyric and choreographic repertoire, preserving the knowledge and skills that make up the Opera – coupled, of course, with new creation – are among the key values of this institution exists to uphold.
One of the major upcoming projects is the construction of the Salle Moduable at the Bastille Opera.
