Paris, France
1875 - Present
The Paris Opera House has been the home of French ballet since at least 1875, when the company moved into the newly completed building. While it shared the space with opera performances for many years, it housed the world's first national ballet company and mostly ballet has been performed there since 1989.
The original ballet school, the Académie Royale de Danse, was established by Louis XIV in 1661 as he wanted to improve the quality of dances at the royal court. The ballet school of the Opera National
