4,500 Reasons to Love a Parade.
More than 200,000 people filled the streets of the southern French
city of Lyons when the normally tranquil twin-river city hosted
Europe's biggest fully choreographed parade, "Le Defile,"
second only to Brazil's annual Carnaval. More than 4,500 people of
all ages took part in this, one of France's biggest outdoor street
celebrations. The Defile is the highlight of France's biggest dance
festival, the Lyons Biennale The name Biennale is Italian and means "every other year", describing an event that happens every 2 years. One of the most important Biennales is an art exhibition that takes place for three months in Venice — the Venice Biennale — but there are numerous others: de la Danse "La Danse" (The Dance) is a painting created by artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau around 1850 (1856?).. See also
William-Adolphe Bouguereau gallery External links
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau at the Web Museum
, which took place last
September 8-30. Thirty individual amateur groups, all under the close
direction of professional choreographers This is a list of choreographers A
- Paula Abdul
- Alvin Ailey
- Richard Alston
- Robert Alton
- Gerald Arpino
- Frederick Ashton
- Fred Astaire
- Lea Anderson
B
- Jean Babilée
- George Balanchine
, hip-hopped, skated, shimmied,
grooved and twisted their way through the central artery The Central Artery, officially the John F. Fitzgerald Expressway, is a section of freeway in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, designated as Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1 and Route 3. of Lyons while
celebrating the theme of the Biennale's ninth edition, "The
Silk Routes." In addition to giving the region's dancers an
opportunity to dance through the city, the parade also unites people
from the otherwise neglected and impoverished outlying immigrant suburbs
in a festive international celebration.
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