This year again, the Christmas enchantment will set up under the dome of the Great Stables, for the delight of children and adults. Fantastic tale, The Beauty and The Beast’s poetry will mingle with the magic of equestrian art that takes hold of each representation given at the Museum of the Horse. This is an immutable tradition in Chantilly: for each Christmas its new equestrian show. This year, from November 28th, the Great Stables’ riders carry us into the universe of one of the fairytale that have rocked our childhood, with « The Beauty and The Beast". A fantastic story, tender and poetic revisited by Virginie Bienaimé: "After the death of their father, Belle and her sisters had to sell all their goods, leave town and its splendors to seek refuge in a thatched cottage in the countryside and lead a life as peasant. Their cottage was located on the edge of a forest known to be malefic: The Forest of Mysteries. According to the legend, those who dare venture there were never seen again. The young woman used to ride horse through the surroundings fields and meadows. One afternoon, surprised by the storm and lightning, Belle finds herself lost in the heart of this forest and made a strange encounter…" Equestrian feats, acrobatics, horse in the wild will be combined for an hour in the riding arena of the dome, to amaze young and adults. The new staging of Virginie Bienaimé looks again full of promises for the end-of-the-year holidays, ideal for the dream and wonderful. A great show to attend, from November 28th until January 3rd 2016.
