Horizon: show at the Palais Royal

Name: Horizon: espectáculo en el Palacio Real
Start: 2023-09-15T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Domaine national du Palais-Royal

As part of the Cultural Olympiad, the Ministry of Culture invites you to the show “Horizon”, an open-air acrobatic ballet on the roofs and corridors of the national domain of Palai…

15 - 17 septiembre 2023Passed

As part of the Cultural Olympiad, the Ministry of Culture invites you to the show “Horizon”, an open-air acrobatic ballet on the roofs and corridors of the national domain of the Palais-Royal. Performed by L'Oublié(e), directed by director and choreographer Raphaëlle Boitel, this outdoor artistic performance – which combines dance, music and circus – is an ode to freedom and creativity. Duration: 30min

About the location

Domaine national du Palais-Royal

8 rue de Montpensier 75001 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

Built for the Cardinal de Richelieu by the architect Lemercier, builder of the Sorbonne, the main body (1634), facing the Louvre, becomes royal residence (Regency of Anne of Austria) then of the family of Orléans from 1661\. The work was completed and reworked in the 18th and 19th centuries. The three wings that close the sides of the garden date from the late 18th century. The superb and monumental setting of today leaves nothing to be guessed of the revolutionary agitation that reigns there in the eighteenth century, nor of the gambling houses and girls of «bad life», immortalized by Balzac, which bloom there in the following century. It is one of the favorite walking places of Parisians and tourists. The Comédie-Française, the Palais-Royal theatre and the restaurant Le Grand Véfour, which is listed as a historic monument, contribute to its reputation. Contemporary art is also strongly present in his main courtyard with the "Deux plateaux", known as "Colonnes de Buren", and the mobil