Said Archbishop Joachim Ndayen of the Central African Republic: "We didn't come thousands of kilometers to dance a farandole.
Artist Matisse felt that the farandole, a sort of strumpets' ring-around-a-rosy popular at both music halls, would be a suitable subject for the grand staircase of a Moscow .
After the lights went up, Lacroix joined the crowds and danced the farandole, the heels-up peasant dance of Provence.