# Académie du spectacle équestre de Versailles

Riding centre en Versailles

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/companies/versailles-equestrian-academy

The equestrian company that performs in the riding hall of the Grande Écurie at the Palace of Versailles, with a show at weekends.

The Académie du spectacle équestre works in the Grande Écurie, the royal stables that Louis XIV had built opposite the palace. Its riders, almost all women, prepare each season a dressage show with music in the riding hall.

## Who they are

It was founded in 2003 by Bartabas inside the Grande Écurie of the Palace of Versailles. It is a non-profit association and presents itself as a unique corps de ballet on horseback. Besides high-school dressage, each rider, écuyer or écuyère, trains in dance, artistic fencing, singing and kyudo, traditional Japanese archery.

## What it offers

The repertoire show, La Voie de l'écuyère, changes each year with a new Opus: the 2026 one premiered on 21 February. It is performed every weekend: on Saturdays at 18:00 and Sundays at 15:00. Tickets are bought at its online ticket office, and it is wise to do so ahead because the riding hall is small.

Outside Versailles, the company goes on tour with its own creations: it has staged Mozart's Requiem with choir and orchestra at the Châteauvallon festival, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at La Seine Musicale and a show with some seventy ponies at the Grand Palais in Paris.

## Visits to the stables

Behind-the-scenes visits to the Grande Écurie are organised for individuals by the Versailles tourist office, which schedules them regularly and sells them on its website. Groups of twenty people or more can request them directly from the Académie, which sends a quote by email or on 01 39 02 62 75. The riding hall can also be hired for private events.

## Practical information

The entrance is at 1 avenue Rockefeller, opposite the palace's place d'Armes. The general phone number is +33 1 39 02 62 70, answered Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00, except public holidays. The website is in French and English. The conditions for changing or refunding tickets do not appear on its website; it is wise to check them at the ticket office before paying. It also has an online shop.

## What they run

- [Equestrian show in the riding arena of the Grande Écurie](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/ile-de-france/versailles/things-to-do/equestrian-show-at-the-grande-ecurie), in Versailles. La Voie de l'écuyère, repertoire show in the riding hall. Saturdays at 18:00 and Sundays at 15:00

Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.

## Practical details

- Address: 1 avenue Rockefeller, 78000 Versalles
- Phone: +33 1 39 02 62 70
- Meeting point: Riding hall of the Grande Écurie, 1 avenue Rockefeller, 78000 Versailles, opposite the palace
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Contact

- Web: https://www.acadequestre.fr/
- Coordenadas: 48.80377, 2.12856

## Preguntas frecuentes

### When is there an equestrian show at Versailles?
At weekends: Saturdays at 18:00 and Sundays at 15:00.

### Where is the Grande Écurie?
Opposite the palace, on the avenue Rockefeller, five minutes' walk from the place d'Armes.