As part of the second edition of the Circle of Light international festival in 2012 held in Moscow, the events agency ECA2 was asked to produce a show to take place on Red Square. Les Petits Français were in charge of the artistic direction and artistic production of this show.
ECA2 France
Executive production
Jean-Christophe Canizarès, Executive Producer
Guillaume Duflot, Director of Operations
Les Petits Français
Direction and artistic production
Martin Arnaud, Creative Director
Marilyn Kuentz, Artistic Producer
Rachel Gonidec, Artistic Production Assistant
Alexandre Rennesson, First Assistant
Original texts
Benoît Allemane, Author of Original Texts
Sofia Romanova, Author of Original Texts
Irina Krutschkow, Russian Translation and Adaptation
Original soundtrack
Philippe Villar, Composer
Pascal Lengagne, Composer
Technics
Christophe Bertiaux/monoeil2b, Creative Director of Images
François Simerey, Fabrice Thumerel, Claudio Cavallari and Base80, Image Designers
Laurent Boillot and Stéphane Schlatter, Light and Video Directors
Frederic Fayard and Johan Chabal, Lighting Designers
Claude Lifante, Laser Designer
Jacques Irmann, Technical Director
Logistics
Julie Cugurno, Project Administration Director
Emmanuelle Charotte, International Sales Manager
Morgane Cochet, Administrative Manager
Patricia Vallet, Logistics Manager
Clément Rabréaud and Vladimir Polyukhov, Technical Coordinators
Jacky Boileau, Operations Coordinator
Laurent Laborne, Freight Coordinator
Photographies
Julien Panié, Photographer
ECA2 France
Executive production
Jean-Christophe Canizarès, Executive Producer
Guillaume Duflot, Director of Operations
Les Petits Français
Direction and artistic production
Martin Arnaud, Creative Director
Marilyn Kuentz, Artistic Producer
Rachel Gonidec, Artistic Production Assistant
Alexandre Rennesson, First Assistant
Original texts
Benoît Allemane, Author of Original Texts
Sofia Romanova, Author of Original Texts
Irina Krutschkow, Russian Translation and Adaptation
Original soundtrack
Philippe Villar, Composer
Pascal Lengagne, Composer
Technics
Christophe Bertiaux/monoeil2b, Creative Director of Images
François Simerey, Fabrice Thumerel, Claudio Cavallari and Base80, Image Designers
Laurent Boillot and Stéphane Schlatter, Light and Video Directors
Frederic Fayard and Johan Chabal, Lighting Designers
Claude Lifante, Laser Designer
Jacques Irmann, Technical Director
Logistics
Julie Cugurno, Project Administration Director
Emmanuelle Charotte, International Sales Manager
Morgane Cochet, Administrative Manager
Patricia Vallet, Logistics Manager
Clément Rabréaud and Vladimir Polyukhov, Technical Coordinators
Jacky Boileau, Operations Coordinator
Laurent Laborne, Freight Coordinator
Photographies
Julien Panié, Photographer
The purpose of the show was to mark the official opening of the festival and to continue to run throughout the festival.
The show opened on September 28th to mark the Light Festival’s launch, which was attended by the mayor of Moscow. This original version was a 27-minutes show and the production then ran for four more days, with six 24-minute showings every evening.
The general theme of the festival was the energy of light. With an original soundtrack and using innovative technologies, the scenography also included the appearance of a young girl. The theme was related to the origins of life and looked back over the milestones of our shared history. The objective of this celebration was to illustrate the necessity of light to life on earth.
