Experience baroque dances up close: AR project in Versailles Castle!

Experience baroque dances up close: AR project in Versailles Castle!

The summer of 2025 brings a breath of fresh air to the world of cultural and technology linking. A breathtaking partnership between Snap Augmented Reality experience with the title "Dansez Versailles". Visitors to the imposing castle can now immerse yourself in the baroque dances of the gardens and experience the opulent world of the royal court up close.

"Dansez Versailles" takes the guests on a trip back to the time of Louis XIV and brings the gardens of the castle to life. The initiative is part of a broad trend in which cultural institutions want to modernize their approach to the legacy and offer interactive experiences. This AR experience combines technology, history and movement and will be accessible via the official mobile app of the Château de Versailles.

an interactive experience for all senses

As part of "Dansez Versailles", visitors can explore four iconic places in the gardens of the castle that shine in the eyes of historical dance art. Among them are the royal ball on Bassin de Latone and the famous masked ball on the grass of the orangery. At each of these places, guests are invited to slip into the role of a baroque dancer and to interact with AR animations on their smartphone. The movements were precisely encouraged by the choreographer Pierre-François Dollé and reflect the historical dance art.

An important goal of this initiative is to restore the original function of the gardens - as a place for life and pleasure. This immersive experience enables guests to connect with the story and to experience the magic of the baroque festivities first -hand. Did you know that Louis XIV founded the royal dance academy in 1661? So baroque dance became an integral part of the political order at the farm.

technological innovations in the cultural sector

The development of "Dansez Versailles" is also part of a broader strategy of how the Castle Castle can use digital technologies in cultural mediation. Similar AR systems are already tested in other Paris institutions such as the Grand Palais, which shows that this form of presentation is very popular. Digitization thus becomes the key to making historical places more experienced for the audience, as is described Museumsbund.at

The creative use of augmented reality is not new. As early as 1935, Stanley Grauman vineyard called the idea in his science fiction story "Pygmalion’s Spectacles". Today apps such as Pokémon Go Ar have made it accessible to a wide audience, and the technology becomes more sophisticated every year. So it is only logical that historical sites such as Versailles now use this technology for themselves. They invite the audience not only to see history, but to experience them.

"DANSEZ Versailles" will be accessible to interested visitors from July 2025. Experience is available free of charge with an admission ticket to the castle and is accessible during the opening hours of the gardens. So, pack your smartphone and get ready to immerse yourself in the opulent world of the Baroque! Discover how about the Snapchat platform in such a captivating way.