Jean-François Carric has been a constant visitor to Versailles for over twenty years. His love of the gardens and the statues shines through his photography as does that special light which makes the statues come to live. Maurice Béjart has been fascinated by Louis XIV and Versailles since his childhood. In June 2000, he created two ballets there : Enfant-Roi (The Child King) at the Opéra Royal, and La Lumière des Eaux (Light of the Waters) at the Bassin de Neptune.