The inspiration of "La danse du Phenix" is Kyoto, one of the most beautiful cities in Japan. Kyoto was the capital city for 1,000 of its 1200-year history, and is still the cultural center of the country.
You will find the stone garden of Ryoan-ji Tenmple in the middle of the work, with the sound of the wind that makes a bamboo grove tremble. The grand climax expresses the brilliance of the kinkaku-ji Temple(Golden Pavillion) and the phénix flapping its guilded wings into the heavens.