The Spanish Riding School of Vienna at Paris la Défense Arena in 2026

TheSpanish Riding School of Vienna, one of the world's most prestigious equestrian institutions and its oldest academy, will take over the Paris la Défense Arena with its squires and superb horses on February 28 and March 1, 2026, to present its newequestrian show. Since 1572, the Viennese school, whose excellence is listed as a UNESCO intangible heritage site, has been training exceptional riders and breeding Lipizzaner stallions, one of Europe's oldest breeds of horse.

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The program for these two exceptional performances features sublime equestrian choreography and spectacular figures of classical dressage, including the cabriole, courbette, passage and piaffe, full of grace, with humans and horses evolving in perfect harmony in a modular hall that showcases this ancestral art.

Immerse yourself in this unique and historic spectacle that elevates horsemanship to an art form, in the company of powerful and precise horses, in a veritable equestrian ballet, not to be missed, as Vienna's Spanish Riding School is rare in the capital.

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