Originally the chandelier was raised up through the ceiling into the cupola over the auditorium for cleaning, but now it is lowered. The space in the cupola was used in the 1960s for opera rehearsals, and in the 1980s was remodelled into two floors of dance rehearsal space. The lower floor consists of the Salle Nureïev (Nureyev) and the Salle Balanchine, and the upper floor, the Salle Petipa.
Originally the chandelier was raised up through the ceiling into the cupola over the auditorium for cleaning but now it is lowered The space in the cupola was used in the 1960s for opera rehearsals and in the 1980s was remodelled into two floors of dance rehearsal space The lower floor consists of the Salle Nureïev (Nureyev) and the Salle Balanchine and the upper floor the Salle Petipa