Equestrian performance

After choreographing a number of shows for the Saut Hermès, the last one being in 2018, Bartabas and the women riders from the National Equestrian Academy of Versailles will return to the arena at the Grand Palais for an original creation celebrating the year’s theme, Drawn to craft.

Beneath the nave, accompanied by a classical score, horse women and some thirty horses invite both young and old to dream and to journey.

Momentum and speed persistently straining.

Lines in space, fleeting swirls.

Behind the manes, the unfurling wispy flames

flicker and pulse without remorse.

Already, the race fades under striking hooves,

shadows now just a dream swimming in the light.

To celebrate the son of Zeus, centauresses

soar beneath the vaulted arches of the Grand Palais.

Bartabas