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The Palace of Versailles has announced 'La Voie de l’écuyère – Académie équestre de Versailles', a new equestrian performance presented by the Académie équestre de Versailles at the Grande Écurie from 18 July to 31 December 2026. Ticketing for the event is already open through the production’s booking page, which lists prices starting at 17 euros.
The announcement describes the work as a dressage-based spectacle rooted in Haute École, the classical riding tradition that uses trained horse-and-rider movements to shape the performance. According to the text released with the listing, the production places “sensibility and emotion” at the center of the presentation, with riders and horses celebrating their relationship of trust across a dozen tableaux.
The venue identified in the event notice is the Grande Écurie at Versailles, the historic royal stable complex associated with the Palace of Versailles. The online booking page repeats the production title as 'La Voie de l’écuyère, Opus 2026' and identifies the Académie équestre de Versailles as the presenting company, alongside ticket categories and gift vouchers tied to the same production.
The Académie équestre de Versailles is the equestrian academy associated with the palace, and the material made public for this run emphasizes the combination of choreography, horsemanship and staged imagery rather than a conventional theater or dance format. The event is presented as a series of linked scenes, or tableaux, rather than a single continuous narrative.
The academy’s ticketing page gives the date range for the run as 18 July to 31 December 2026, matching the event notice issued by Versailles. It also shows that the production is being marketed under the French title 'La Voie de l’écuyère', with accompanying references to a shop and to gift vouchers available for the same show.
For visitors planning ahead, the listing provides the clearest verified details currently available: the production title, the venue at the Grande Écurie, the Academy’s involvement, and the long run through the end of 2026. No additional cast, running time or program notes were included in the source material made available with the announcement.
