The key facts

  • Crazy Horse Paris debuts in Dubai with an adapted version of its show at the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel
  • The dancers will be more covered than in Paris, while the signature lighting and choreography are preserved
  • Costumes for the Dubai production were created in collaboration with the Paris team

Dubai debut with adaptation to local norms

The Parisian cabaret Crazy Horse is preparing for its debut in the United Arab Emirates: the show will take place at the luxurious Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel in Dubai and has been adapted to local cultural expectations. This is reported by euronews. The main difference from the Paris version is the costumes: the dancers will be more covered than in Paris, although the cabaret's recognizable style will be preserved.

“100 percent Crazy Horse”

Crazy Horse Paris creative and brand development director André Deissenberg emphasized that the Dubai production will retain the elements by which the cabaret is recognized worldwide: the signature lighting, the stage, and specially trained dancers with distinctive choreography. According to her, “in Paris they are more dressed in light, while here they have more costumes with the same lighting” — the costumes used in Dubai also exist in the Paris production, and for the Dubai version they were specially designed in collaboration with the Paris team.

The project against the backdrop of conflict

Commenting on the decision to continue the project, Deissenberg linked it to the importance of living despite the conflict: “It is very paradoxical, it is very contradictory, but at the same time, I think, perhaps it is precisely the people in the regions where war is taking place who say that one must live.” Dancer Brio Mindset noted that questions arose around the project about how it would be realized and whether it could continue in the long term, but for her it became an opportunity to present the identity of the Parisian cabaret to a new audience. Euronews publications in English and Russian describe the same event with matching details; the exact dates of the shows and the audience's reaction are not reported in the sources.