What does it mean to leave behind the only stage you’ve ever known? Farewell, Opéra follows three Paris Opera Ballet dancers - Alice Renavand, Stéphane Bullion, and Aurélia Bellet - as they face compulsory retirement at age 42. With breathtaking grace and quiet vulnerability, the film captures their final rehearsals, backstage rituals, and personal reflections on artistry, aging, and reinvention. A tender meditation on change and legacy, this documentary invites us to witness the beauty of letting go, and the strength it takes to do so.

Includes a special introduction by San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with Aurélia Bellet and director Yonathan Kellerman moderated by former Paris Opéra Ballet and San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Pierre Vilanoba, with a reception in the lobby.

In French with English subtitles.

7:30p | House Opens

8:00p | Program begins

Runtime: 90 min.

Tickets purchased at the door will cost $1 additional per ticket.

Program Sponsor: San Francisco Ballet

Venue accessibility: The entrance to the screening room is at 600 The Embarcadero. Once you enter the gates, there is an office to your left with a front desk. The person at the front desk will escort you to the elevator to get to the screening room.

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