The Arts In Paris

By: Andrea, Thea, Emily, and Caitlin

The History of the Opera

House and the Phantom of
the Opera
In the original story of the Le Fantome de LOpera, young singer Christine Daaes
talent is found at a gala. Her childhood friend hears her singing and remembers his
love for her. There are rumors of a Phantom living at the opera house, and he
shows himself through evil acts. When someone other that Christine is given the
lead role, the Phantom makes his anger known by taking the lead singers voice.
Shortly after, Christine is kidnapped. The Phantom reveals himself to be simply Erik.
He plans to keep her there for a few days but when Christine unmasks him, a face
like that of a rotting corpse is revealed. This changes his plan and she must
promise to wear his ring and be faithful to him. Later Christine escapes, and plans
to go to a place where Erik cannot find her. Overhearing Christines plans with her
friend Raoul, Erik kidnaps Christine again, and knowing that Raoul is coming to
rescue her traps him, and makes Christine promise to marry him, or he will
blow the opera house up, with explosives in the cellar. Christine begs him to save
Raoul, and after rescuing him, and realizing how much Christine loves him,
releases them both, making Christine promise to come back and bury him when

and the History of the

Opera House
Is the story true? There are records of a Kristina Nilsson, a
soprano at the opera. She has a strikingly similar life to CHristine
Daae, in that she played violin,her voice was discovered
accidentally, and that she was an adopted orphan. Some even
claim that the Phantom Erik was a real person, who helped design
the opera house, and had basically the same backstory. He was
shunned by his mother and joined a traveling circus when he was
6. Even though it is claimed that this story could be true, it is not
known out of fact, rather than , an old, traveling rumor. According
to national geographic, there is an underground pool, and caverns
beneath the opera house. In the story, the phantoms home is
across a lake. My assumption would be that the Phantom of the
Opera has bits, and pieces that are true, and others have been

The Opera House In Paris

The Opera House in Paris was designed
by Charles Garnier and constructed from
the year 1860 to 1875. Charles Garnier
was sent to build the Opera House, and
many other famous building, by Napoleon
III .

The Opera House In Paris

Fun Facts

The current value is 36,010,571.04

($4,0154,523.51 dollars).

Euros

There are 1,979 seats; the most expensive costs

250 Euros ($340.88), and the cheapest costs 6
Euros($8.18).
There are performances of opera, theater and
ballet.

What is going on in Paris?

Some events happening in the Opera
House:
31 de mai, there is a ballet to the
Symphony in C major.
On 2 de juin, there is a opera, La
Traviata, in Italian, at 7:30
There are also lots of introductions to
productions, and public practices that

What else is going on in

Paris?
Some things going on in the rest of Paris:
If you want something cheaper in
price, but still not cheaper in quality,
the Opra Garnier is a good choice.
If you want a cheaper alternative for
theater. the Odon is good.

Is there a fgure skating

rink in Paris?
Oui! There is the Patinoire de LHtel
de Ville. Its a year-round rink. It is
free to skate but costs 5 Euros to rent
skates. One of the other rinks(out of 5 I
can find), there is one on the ChampsElysees!
Patinoire des Cinq Continents is the

Where are the Rinks?

The Patinoire de LHtel de Ville is actually
in front of the city hall. Place de l'Htel de
ville, 75004 Paris, France.
Patinoire des Cinq Continents is on the
Champs-Elysees. This is in a park. I cant
put in the address. But near Christmas, it
is surrounded by a Christmas Village.

Figure Skating Moves

Spiral
Catchfoot
Toe loop
Chase
Sit Spin
Edge

Spread Eagle
3 turn
Pancake Spin
Waltz jump
Mohawk

Ballet
When MOST people think
of ballet they think of
tutus, shoes that have
ribbons up to your knees
and pretty ballerina
turns NOT TRUE! Ballet
is graceful, but you can
still be you. Ballet is also
very tiring and requires
effort. You have to want
to do ballet in order to be
able to put in the effort.

Ballet Dancers in/from

France
Aurlie Dupont- born in 1973, performs in Paris
Opera Ballet, joined in 1989, Star Dancer ranked
16 of world
Marie-Madeleine Guimard- born in 1743,
performed with the Paris Opera, star for 25 years,
died 1816, ranked
Zizi Jeanmaire- born in 1924, famous after ballet
Carmen, appeared on Hollywood ranked 120 on
world

History of Ballet in France

Ballet has a long history in France. Frances
first ballet was Catherine de Medicis Le
Ballet Comique de la Reine during the 16th
century. It was mostly for Royal people.
Ballet reached its height though when Louis
XIV was ruling. He loved to dance. He
founded the Acadmie Royale de Danse,
now know as the Paris Opera Ballet. At first
though it was only boys, boys playing the
girl roles. Then in 1681 girl dancers started

Continued History of Ballet in

France
In 1832, the girls started going on
pointe for a short time at once.
Then later the ballet fame fell to
Russia, and they have been leading
ever since

aris Opera Ballet School

My ballet school

Ballet Moves and Demo

Plie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .To bend
Grand Battement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.Beating
Ciseaux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .Scissors
Arabesque. . . . . . . . . . . . . .no direct
translation
Pas de Chat. . . . . . . . . . . .step of the Cat

Questions?

Thank You!