The Horse, Man's Friend

The Horse, Man's Friend
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With a whirlwind of colours, dances, acrobatics, flamboyant costumes, the equestrian company of the Chantilly Castle pays homage to the knights of vanished civilizations. An authentic anthem narrated by the eight horsemen of the Compagnie équestre des Grandes Écuries, flanked by horses, donkeys, ponies, three dancers and a vaulter, the Totem show will guide visitors to the Chantilly Castle on a journey among the Aztec, Amerindian, Mongol, Indians, Scythians. And if a totem is that "animal or plant considered the ancestor or protector of a community or an individual", the horse becomes a totem to which Sophie Bienaimé wanted to give glory after the difficult years of the pandemic. Objective: to rediscover the strength of bonding, of human contact, of friendship, of simple pleasures, of the need to be together.

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