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Paris’s iconic Crazy Horse cabaret is preparing to make its debut in Dubai, bringing its signature choreography and lighting to the United Arab Emirates in a more covered-up version of its famous show.
The production, staged at the luxury Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel, has been adapted to meet local cultural expectations. Dancers will wear more costumes than in Paris, while retaining the cabaret’s distinctive style.
Andree Deissenberg, Chief Creative and Brand Officer of Crazy Horse Paris, said the decision to continue with the project reflected the importance of carrying on with life despite conflict.
“It’s very paradoxical, it’s very contrary, but at the same time, I think it’s maybe people in regions of war that say you need to live.”
Deissenberg said the Dubai production would retain the elements that make Crazy Horse recognisable around the world.
“It’s a 100 percent Crazy Horse. You keep our signature, you have the lights, you have our little signature stage, we have the dancers, which are trained in a very special way, have a very special choreography. So, Crazy Horse has a lot of elements that make the signature Crazy Horse Paris recognisable, and we played inside of that to adapt it.”
However, the dancers will be more covered than in the Paris production.
“Here, they are dressed in costumes, which they have in Paris too, but in Paris, for example, they will be more dressed in lights, and here they have more costumes, the same lighting.”
For dancer Brio Mindset, the project offered an opportunity to bring the Parisian cabaret’s identity to a new audience.
“It’s true that there was a question about the project: how would it come to be and continue in the long term? Personally, I’ve always wanted to be part of the project, and so we saw here that anything was possible and that everything was moving forward.”
The Dubai production also required specially designed costumes, created in collaboration with the Paris team.