FÊTE IMPERIALE

Start:	Jul 10, '10 8:00p
Location:	Spanish Riding School

„Trend meets Tradition“

A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes true: An imperial summer ball within and around the Spanish Riding School! Vienna is different – and Vienna’s summer balls are different too. Two prestigious Viennese establishments liven up the summer season in Vienna!

Together Vienna’s coffee house association and the Spanish Riding School will create this innovative ball which will breathe life into Vienna’s summer season!

Maximilian K. Platzer, chairman of the traditional ball organized by the owners of the Viennese coffee houses: “Both Vienna’s coffee houses and the Spanish Riding School represent Viennese culture and lifestyle and have always been closely linked to Viennese tradition. It therefore seems obvious to award this bond an exclusive, unprecedented ball night.”

Guests will be received in the impressive Michaelerkuppel – straight in front of the Spanish Riding School’s main entrance, where they will be put into the mood for an unparalleled ball night with music and exotic cocktails. The ball will be imperially opened in the gorgeously decorated Stallburg with its mobile roof. For the first time since its completion in the 16th century, Vienna’s most beautiful Renaissance courtyard will be transformed into a ballroom for the “Knights of the Rose”! Nowhere else can one find a dance floor measuring more than 1000m2 and horse boxes turned into luxurious VIP boxes!

The baroque Winter Riding School, which was completed in 1735 by the architect Fischer von Erlach, will also quite literally experience a “renaissance” as the world’s most unique ball room. The riding arena will be turned into a dance floor and two-legged dancers will be able to perform the Kapriole, Levade, Courbette, School Quadrille and Pas de Deux. Bernd Fröhlich and his live orchestra will accompany Tini Kainrath and provide trendy music for exuberant dances. Due to a special lighting concept the three enormous Lobmeyr chandeliers will seem to float above the dancers’ heads, giving the impression of dancing under the open sky.

Those not inclined to dance will not miss out either: a corso invites strollers to observe and enjoy – “to see and be seen” has always been an important part of the fun during the Viennese balls.