Farewell Dance

The World in Images – Season 1

At the end of the memorial service, music begins to play and a man starts to dance with his unseen partner in his arms. Spanish teacher Agnès Lasalle was stabbed to death by one of her students in Saint-Jean-de-Luz during class. Even outside France, media outlets reported on her partner's farewell dance. Journalist Andde Irosbehere explains the context.