Théâtre national de Chaillot

The Théâtre national de Chaillot is one of the five theater companies in Paris, have the official status of a National Theatre ( National Theatre ). His venue was built in 1937 as part of the Palais de Chaillot and is located on the Place du Trocadéro in the 16th arrondissement. It has a large hall ( Salle Jean Vilar ) with 1250 and a small hall ( Salle Gémier ) with 420 seats, which are used for theater, dance and circus events.

History

The Théâtre de Chaillot has long been a center of popular theater in Paris, the Théâtre National Populaire in it served until 1972 as a permanent venue and was connected with the name of its director Jean Vilar, Georges Wilson, Jack Lang, Jérôme Savary and Antoine Vitez.

1973-1975, the theater was completely renovated and reopened in 1975 as a national Théâtre. Since then, a drama school he is affiliated. In the new form, it contains two halls and a small studio for experimental theater. 2007 decided the Culture Minister Christine Albanel to dedicate the theater to contemporary French dance.