Since 2023, CHANEL is Major Patron of the Paris Opera and of the Opening Gala of the dance seasons since 2018.
In Kuala Lumpur with the Paris Opera
Major Patron of the Paris Opera since 2023, CHANEL is proud to support this major dance institution for its tour in Kuala Lumpur where Paris Opera dancers gave two representations on 18th and 19th of November.
On this occasion and as Founding Patron of the Paris Opera Junior Ballet, CHANEL imagined the costumes of the dancers aged between 18 and 23 for their performances in the ballet “Eternal Rift” in Kuala Lumpur, choreographed by Julian Nicosia.
The Paris Opera Junior Ballet, created in 2024, is a new company with dancers recruited through competition for a two-year professional training contract. Envisaged as a hothouse for young talents, the Paris Opera Junior Ballet addresses several challenges: diversifying the profiles of dancers, promoting their professional integration, and strengthening the notion of openness to audiences through tours and outreach activities, all while continuing the Paris Opera’s three-century-old savoir-faire. Throughout their training, the young artists will deepen their mastery of the Paris Opera’s classical and contemporary repertoire and gain stage experience in performances at home and on tour in France and abroad.
Other ballets from the repertoire were performed by the Junior Ballet alongside Étoile dancers Sae-Eun Park and Roxane Stojanov, Premier danseur Francesco Mura, and Sujet Antonio Conforti: Allegro Brillante by George Balanchine, À La Manière De... by Jean-Guillaume Bart, Gisele’s Act II “pas de deux”, and Mi Favorita by José Martinez.
By supporting the Paris Opera Junior Ballet, CHANEL continues its commitment to the next generations of talents and strengthens its ties with dance.
Rehearsals and savoir-faire photographs by Erwann Petersen
CHANEL AND THE PARIS OPERA
Paris Opera’s
Opening Gala 2025
Major Patron of the Paris Opera since 2023, Founding Patron of the Paris Opera Junior Ballet since 2024, and Exceptional Patron of the Paris Opera’s Renovation, CHANEL perpetuates its historical links with dance on the occasion of the Opening Gala for the 2025/26 dance season.
“Red Carpet”,
a Ballet
by Hofesh Shechter
The new creation of the globally-renowned choreographer brings together thirteen dancers for a unique performance, accompanied by a live band in an evolving mise-en-scène evoking a dark cabaret atmosphere.
Ever committed to contemporary creation and dance, CHANEL imagined thirteen stage costumes inspired by the world of evening-wear for the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet, continuing to strengthen the ties forged between the House and this institution since 2018.
Paris Opera’s
Opening Gala 2024
CHANEL is proud to support creative freedom and to perpetuate its historical links with dance on the occasion of the Opening Gala of the 2024/2025 dance season.
From the Grand Escalier to the backstage of the Palais Garnier, Étoile dancer Hannah O’Neill gets ready for "Word for Word", a ballet created by choreographer My’Kal Stromile with stage costumes imagined by CHANEL.
Paris Opera’s
Opening Gala 2023
CHANEL is proud to be accompanying the Opening Gala of the Paris Opera 2023/2024 dance season at the Palais Garnier. On this occasion, the House specially designed costumes for the ballet imagined by choreographer Nicolas Paul in which Étoiles dancers Amandine Albisson, Valentine Colasante and Hannah O’Neill perform to the “Quintette pour vents et piano” by composer André Caplet. This partnership celebrates the links between CHANEL and Dance, forged by Gabrielle Chanel in the early 20th century when she created the costumes for “Le Train Bleu” in 1924.
“Chiroptera”,
a collaborative project
Behind the scenes of "Chiroptera", a project by JR, Damien Jalet and Thomas Bangalter, presented as part of the Act II of “Retour à la Caverne”, the collaboration between the Paris Opera, JR and 𝘭𝘦19M, the Parisian building dedicated to the savoir-faire of the Fashion and Interior Design Métiers d'art.
Behind the scenes of the
PARIS OPERA BALLET
In 2023, CHANEL is renewing its support for creation on the occasion of the dance Gala of the Paris Opera Ballet in tribute to Étoile dancer Patrick Dupond at the Palais Garnier.
Paris Opera’s
Opening Gala 2021
CHANEL reaffirms its support to the institution on the occasion of the Opening Gala of the 2021/2022 dance season.
In collaboration with the Opera’s own ateliers and the embroiderer Lesage, CHANEL created the ten costumes which will accompany the Étoile dancers year after year, at the opening of each season, during the Défilé du Ballet. For this year’s edition, the House also designed the decor of the Grand Staircase of the Palais Garnier.
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