In April 2010, the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull caused a phenomenal paralysis of our air space. This unprecedented incident gave rise to the imaginary journey of a couple stuck in an airport, a show designed and produced by Les Petits Français.
Les Petits Français
Concept, show design, direction and executive Production
Martin Arnaud, Artistic Director
Marilyn Kuentz, Artistic Producer
Rachel Gonidec, Project Manager
Antoine Bertrand, Technical Director
Damien Peltier, General Site Manager
Laurent Laborne, Site Manager
Pyrotechnics design, logistic and safety
Grand Final
Original soundtrack
Pascal Lengagne, Philippe Villar and Pierre Caillot
Voice over
Barbara Schulz and Cyrille de Lasteyrie/”Vinvin”
Video mapping
Christophe Bertiaux
François Simerey
Claudio Cavallari
Base 80
Light design and programmning
Bruno Corsini, Light Designer & Operator
Illustration
Perrine Arnaud, Graphic Designer – roughs for the show
Philippe Laurent, L’Atelier 15, Graphic Designer – Posters
Providers
ETC London-Paris – Video projection
Adrem – Show control & Network
Magnum – Light, sound & power distribution
GM Événements – Structures
Olips – Safety & Hostesses
Philéas Images – Show filming & Editing
Sébastien Laugier, Producer
Darius Favreau, Cameraman
Jérôme Reveillaud, Cameraman
Oscar Boissière, Cameraman
Elamine Oumara, Editor
2T Productions – Show filming
Audrey Malabry, Project Manager
Barbara Lancia, Cameraman
Anthony Zambelli, Cameraman
Ousmane Ba, Cameraman
Spontaneous filming
Xavier Guinchard – www.nostro.fr
Photographers
Pascal Thiebaut
Martin Sylvos
Arnaud Perrel
Frédéric Lepla
Serge Decoster
Vincent Blot
Les Petits Français
Concept, show design, direction and executive Production
Martin Arnaud, Artistic Director
Marilyn Kuentz, Artistic Producer
Rachel Gonidec, Project Manager
Antoine Bertrand, Technical Director
Damien Peltier, General Site Manager
Laurent Laborne, Site Manager
Pyrotechnics design, logistic and safety
Grand Final
Original soundtrack
Pascal Lengagne, Philippe Villar and Pierre Caillot
Voice over
Barbara Schulz and Cyrille de Lasteyrie/”Vinvin”
Video mapping
Christophe Bertiaux
François Simerey
Claudio Cavallari
Base 80
Light design and programmning
Bruno Corsini, Light Designer & Operator
Illustration
Perrine Arnaud, Graphic Designer – roughs for the show
Philippe Laurent, L’Atelier 15, Graphic Designer – Posters
Providers
ETC London-Paris – Video projection
Adrem – Show control & Network
Magnum – Light, sound & power distribution
GM Événements – Structures
Olips – Safety & Hostesses
Philéas Images – Show filming & Editing
Sébastien Laugier, Producer
Darius Favreau, Cameraman
Jérôme Reveillaud, Cameraman
Oscar Boissière, Cameraman
Elamine Oumara, Editor
2T Productions – Show filming
Audrey Malabry, Project Manager
Barbara Lancia, Cameraman
Anthony Zambelli, Cameraman
Ousmane Ba, Cameraman
Spontaneous filming
Xavier Guinchard – www.nostro.fr
Photographers
Pascal Thiebaut
Martin Sylvos
Arnaud Perrel
Frédéric Lepla
Serge Decoster
Vincent Blot
The couple’s adventures, drawn from their reveries, their memories, or the comical situations they experience in the airport terminal, are the opportunity for an outlandish journey to the four corners of the world, with no constraints of time or place.
Monumental projections and spectacular pyrotechnics transported the 50 000 spectators present on the esplanade from Egypt to China, via the Silk Road, and on to Australia, Africa, New York, and Brazil…
The show in figures:
– A 10-minute pre-show, followed by an original show lasting over 40 minutes and made up of 13 sequences and a pyrotechnical grand finale
– 5 months from concept to completion
– 39 video projectors covering the whole of the Grande Arche
– 14 towers of light and sound equipment and over 120 sources
– 542 kg of active matter and more than 10 000 projectiles
– An artistic and technical team of more than 100 people
