We are indeed very proud & happy to announce that Le Bal de Paris de Blanca Li – directed and choreographed by Blanca Li, produced by Compagnie Blanca Li, co-produced by BackLight and in exclusive partnership with CHANEL – has won a Lion on the « Venice VR Expanded » category : the selection of immersive works of La Mostra. At stake was the “Best VR Experience” award, which has been given to the best virtual reality experience among a prestigious selection of 23 projects in competition.
In its original version, the live & immersive show invites up to 10 participants to party at the biggest ball in Paris and to dance for 35 minutes with 2 live dancers on 90m². For the visitors of the 2021 Venice Biennale and its 14 other satellite sites, a 100% online version has been proposed. The participants were able to immerse themselves in the festive, colorful and artistic universe of the experience via a solo version available for the occasion on Viveport. The interactions are less elaborate and the avatars of the participants were not complete, but the music and the dance merging with virtual reality offered a show which, we hope, aroused the desire of the participants to test its complete version.

After being presented at Chaillot, Théâtre national de la Danse, from October 7 to 16, 2021, the complete and original version has been shown at Théâtre le Palace from November 17, 2021 to March 6, 2022, with 10 dancers and 50 participants per slot. The Barbican Centre in London has offered Blanca Li’s Bal de Paris experience to its audience from April 1 to 9, and is preparing to repeat the experience from May 19 to 28 2022. To follow the Bal de Paris adventure, follow us on social media: Instagram and Facebook. And if you have the opportunity to test our experience, feel free to mention us and add the hashtags #LeBalDeParisVR or #LeBalDeParisDeBlancaLi. We look forward to hearing from you!