In April 2023, the Paris Opera signed a partnership agreement with the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile.

As the country's leading opera and choreography company, the Teatro Municipal de Santiago has called on the Paris Opera's services in order to benefit from its expertise in teaching the French method of classical dance. Carmen Gloria Larenas, director of the Teatro Municipal, hopes this agreement will kick-start the ambitious overhaul of her dance school, which is set to become a benchmark for dance teaching in South America.

Scheduled to run for three years (2023-2025), this partnership has already enabled several hundred students to benefit from the Paris Opera's expertise in classical dance.

Every year, the Paris Opera sends dancers and teachers to Chile to train students and teachers in Santiago. Teachers from Santiago are welcomed back to the Paris Opera Ballet School for intensive training sessions.

"With this historic long-term agreement with the Paris Opera, we are taking a step forward to improve the quality of dance training and promote the reputation of our talent, both as teachers and as performers. This project has been a long time in the making.

The Teatro Municipal de Santiago is very proud to have been able to bring this project to fruition, and I sincerely hope that it will be a great opportunity for all artists and dance professionals on our continent."

Carmen Gloria Larenas, Director of the Teatro Municipal de Santiago