From Groom to Show Star
For Saori Ishizaka, "Land of a Thousand Dreams" is truly a dream come true. She has earned it, because the Japanese has been a team member of CAVALLUNA for a long time and always shows full commitment. Although she was already a trained veterinarian in Japan, she turned her back on her homeland to pursue her passion for horses in Europe. At CAVALLUNA she started as a stable guard, eventually became a groom and took on small roles in the show. It is a very special honour for her to play the lead role this year, for which she has prepared intensively with months of riding, dancing and acting lessons.
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Searching for Freedom
She embodies the protagonist Yuen, an emperor's daughter from ancient Asia who is suspected of possessing extraordinary abilities and posing a threat to the empire. On her flight from the emperor's henchmen, she learns of the distant Land of a Thousand Dreams, where everyone can be free and live out their talents to their heart’s content. Her search for this mystical place leads her to a Shaolin master, Kung Fu fighters and a horse whisperer, but her pursuers are always close on her heels. Will she manage to reach the fabled land in time?
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