The national equestrian Academy of Versailles

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Created by Bartabas in the Grand Stable of the Palace of Versailles in 2003, the National equestrian Academy of Versailles is a very unique “corps de ballet”.

Its main originality lies in the confrontation of various artistic disciplines, such as dancing, singing, fencing or the Kyudo, traditional Japanese archery

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Way of the Equerry – Opus 2020 – Adjourned

Way of the Equerry – Opus 2020 – Adjourned

Choreographed by Bartabas, the equestrian show "La Voie de l'écuyer", reflects the daily works of the company-school. Its main originality lies in the confrontation of various artistic disciplines, such as dancing, singing, fencing or the Kyudo, a traditional Japanese archery.
Le Sacre de Stravinsky

Le Sacre de Stravinsky

In September, the Equestrian Academy is back on tour at the Seine Musicale, for its new creation "Le Sacre de Stravinsky", choreographied by Bartabas.
Récréation

Récréation

WILD PONIES
Récréation. That is the name of the choreography, unprecedented and unpredictable, that Bartabas puts on for the audience of the Saut Hermès at the Grand Palais, giving free rein to seventy ponies under the glass roof of the Parisian monument. Emotion guaranteed.
Mozart’s Requiem

Mozart’s Requiem

As part of the Mozartwoche 2017 and following the success of "Davide penitente" in 2015, Bartabas and Marc Minkowski collaborate again and propose Mozart's "Requiem" for four exceptional performances in the Grand Festspielhaus of Salzburg.
The galloping nature

The galloping nature

With "The galloping nature", the glass roof of Paris' Grand Palais vibrate under the exciting sound of the national equestrian Academy horses' hooves.
Davide penitente

Davide penitente

For this spectacular production of Mozart’s “Davide penitente” on the vast stage of the Salzburg Felsenreitschule at the Mozart Week 2015, Marc Minkowski and the equestrian choreographer Bartabas used dancing horses and thus restored the former riding school to its original function.
Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Created by Bartabas
With the riders of the Academy of equestrian arts
Grand Palais de Paris – part of the Saut Hermès event
March 2014 / 3 performances
Night of China

Night of China

This very hieratic image of these physical characters who put themselves little by little in movement until arrive very wild, represents a little the exchanges from now on, when everything accelerates all over the world. - Bartabas -
The time in front of one

The time in front of one

A funeral choreography on the "Bolero" of Ravel presented in the Grand Palais of Paris for the Hermès jumping.
We were horses

We were horses

Two creators passionate about their art, Carolyn Carlson and Bartabas, are combining worlds and joining forces in dance and visual magic.
Equestrian Charivari

Equestrian Charivari

Created by: Bartabas
With the Equestrian Academy of Versailles and the Theatre Equestre
Grand Palais de Paris part of the Saut Hermès event
Equestrian Liturgy

Equestrian Liturgy

Created by: Bartabas
With the Equestrian Academy of Versailles
Beniat Achiary and Vincent Dubois
Abbey of Saint-Ouen in Rouen
Part of the "Automne en Normandie" festival
Equestrian partitions

Equestrian partitions

We understand why the rider of Versailles chose Glass and his mesmerizing, stabbing partitions: the arithmetic of its music coincides in the perfection with the geometry and a symmetry of the led equestrian ballets squeezed by the riders of the equestrian Academy of Versailles, and the Roman theater takes on an air of garden of Lenôtre. - Françoise Monnet - Le Progrès -
Night Mares

Night Mares

'The Juments de la Nuit' (Night Mares) is the third show staged by Bartabas in Versailles, using the combined talents of the equestrian Academy of Versailles and of the troop of Zingaro. But for the first time, after 'The Chevalier Saint-George' and 'Voyage aux Indes Galantes', the theme of the show is not connected to the court of king of France.
Equestrian Recital

Equestrian Recital

In any point of view, the equestrian Recital staged by Bartabas and put in music by Alexandre Tharaud, appears as a new and singular experience. A work concentrated, livened up by all the creative energy of his actors, men, women and horses.
SHOWS

At the Academy, the squires are acquiring an aesthetic sensitivity which allows them to develop their own repertoire  as showcased in “La Voie de l’écuyer”. Declined every year in opus, and presented every weekends to the public, the emblematic show of the Academy enriches of the improvement of horses and the progress of their riders.

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THE ROYAL STABLE

Since its creation in 2003, the Academy of Equestrian Arts has taken over the Great Stable at the Château de Versailles, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, has been rehabilitated to fulfil its new vocation.

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THE ROYAL STABLE

Since its creation in 2003, the Academy of Equestrian Arts has taken over the Great Stable at the Château de Versailles, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, has been rehabilitated to fulfil its new vocation.

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Prestigious by its history, and from now on by its creations of unique equestrian ballets, the site offers itself to business events, with the promise of exceptional evenings.

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30 June 2021
Cabaret de l’Exil
18 June 2021
2021 programme – Zingaro Theatre & The Equestrian Academy of Versailles
30 October 2020
Entretiens silencieux : All December & January shows are cancelled
2 September 2020
Entretiens silencieux, Bartabas’new solo show with his horse Tsar
6 February 2020
“D’un cheval l’autre”, Bartabas’ new book
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