EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS ———— QUICK LOOK
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Educational Programs and Projects
From the Paris Opera Academy to the Summer Intensive Program, AFPOB supports a range of educational programs designed by the Paris Opera and Ballet.
Education
The Paris Opera
Academy
Objective: transmission, creation, training
Since Sept. 2015
Currently Open
Education
Summer Intensive
Program
Objective: exchange experience, training
Since 2016
Currently Open
Education
Young Artist
Program
Objective: transmission
Opened Jan. 2018
Currently Open
Projects in Detail
Project
The Paris Opera Academy
The missions of the Paris Opera Academy are defined around three axes: transmitting, training, creating.
Focused on professional training and artistic education, the Paris Opera Academy strives to accompany young artists and craftspeople in learning their art. Creation is the goal and the outcome. Stage directors and choreographers from different backgrounds are invited to offer a new reading of repertoire works, both for artists and craftspeople in residence and for students, as part of their artistic and cultural education
Program Details
by AROP/AFPOB
Opened September 2015
Open for financing
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PROJECT
International Exchange program
To give young American artists the chance to improve their talent, evolve in a new cultural environment, and make the most of new and different teaching methods.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Artists and craftsmen
Throughout the 2019/2020 season, 33 young artists and craftsmen will have the opportunity to work alongside professionals to benefit from their experience.
ARTS EDUCATION
Outreach Programs
Dix Mois d’Ecole et d’Opéra–“Ten Months of School and Opera“– is an educational and cultural program. It offers a curriculum of 33 courses over two years to build projects around the discovery of ballet and opera. It also proposes a workshop of excellence for two violin programs and one dance class.
Project
Summer Intensive
Program
Launched by the Paris Opera Ballet School in 2013, the Summer Intensive Program hosts every year almost 300 young dancers from all over the world to discover the French ballet technique.
Since 2016, a reciprocal program allows young dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet School to participate in the Summer Program in schools all over the world including at the San Francisco Ballet School, the Boston Ballet School, the Houston Ballet School, and Northwest Pacific School in the United States. From its creation, AFPOB has supported this program by providing scholarships to French and American students.
Program Details
by AFPOB
Since 2016
Open for financing
Every summer, AFPOB award scholarships both to American students to attend the Summer Intensive at the Paris Opera Ballet School in Nanterre and to French students to attend a program in the United States.
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About
The Paris Opera Ballet School
The Paris Opera Ballet School is an experience that transcends far beyond a two-week program. Many alumni of these programs, who received support through the AFPOB Scholarship Program, have continued into professional positions as dancers. Our commitment to supporting talented young dancers regardless of their background or financial circumstances means that nothing stands in the way of a student’s dream of a professional career in dance.
Summer Intensive Program in Key Numbers
- 2019: 295 students (more than 800 applications received)
- More than 50% foreign students every year represent more than 50 different nationalities. 30% of them are Americans.
- Scholarships granted by AFPOB: 7 scholarships to American students (to participate in the Paris Opera Summer Intensive Program) and 2 full scholarships awarded to French students (to attend San Francisco Ballet School)
Special Covid-19 Situation
In light of Covid-19, the 2020 Summer Intensive Program was canceled in Paris and in most of American ballet schools. Looking ahead, AFPOB plans on continuing its mission to support the French American cultural exchange by providing scholarships to young dancers.
