Wednesday, December 30, 2009

The Berlin Reunion

I know I am a few months late with this story but I just recently came across images of the Royale De Luxe street theatre company's performance titled "The Berlin Reunion". Royal de Luxe has created several open air theatrical events with gigantic and incredibly agile human and animal figures which have become the company’s trademark.

The Giant Saga, which continues to this day all over the world, began in 1993 with The Giant who fell from the sky. For three days the Giant, controlled by over 30 people, made his way through the streets of Le Havre. The Little Giantess enchanted London in 2006 in
The Sultan’s Elephant and afterward received invitations from all over the world. In 2007 she could be seen with The Hidden Rhinoceros in Santiago, Chile and that same year the Little Giantess also appeared in Iceland.

Following the premiere of
The Titanic Giantess and the Diver in June 2009, as story of the giant diver is search of his missing niece, the pair were reunited in Berlin this past October. The Giants Arrive – a Fairy Tale for Berlin, commemorated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall by telling the story of the Giant and his niece the Little Giantess who are reunited after many years of separation at the Brandenburg Gate.

Here are some incredible photos from the event. I also included a youtube video so you can see the puppeteers at work, what an amazing feat to pull off.


The Berlin Reunion

The Berlin Reunion

The Berlin Reunion

The Berlin Reunion

The Berlin Reunion

The Berlin Reunion

The last photo is the pair of reunited giants spending the night at the Brandenburg Gate. I'm captivated by the human expressions on these giant puppets.


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Photo Credits: Hans Scherhaufer

5 comments:

  1. oh my..that is fantastic!

    Happy new year to you and thanks for sharing...wow!

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  2. Wow! That's amazing - thank you for sharing.

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  3. I'm completely amazed by this ! Wow !
    I got to see it for real now. I'm a bit afraid and filled with wonder when seeing those giant puppets.
    Do you know about "Fallas" in Valencia, Spain ? During 1 year, each neighborhood build one giant statute, then burn it on march except 1 which goes to the museum. I went there last year, and it's almost that impressive : http://images.google.fr/images?hl=fr&source=hp&q=fallas+valencia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=yO9BS8iGDZL84AbnncGqCA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CDwQsAQwCg

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  4. L'Astuce à l'Oreille,
    Oh I would love to see this in person, it's so difficult to grasp the scale of it all from a photo. Perhaps one day I can plan a trip around one of their performances.

    Thanks for sharing that link, I can't believe they put all of that work into those giant statues and then set them on fire. Crazy Spaniards :)

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  5. Eh eh eh... as you say !
    Crazy they are during 1 whole week it's... amazing and funny !

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