“México en el Corazón”

Zócalo Square, Mexico City

150 000

September 15th, 17th, 18th and 19th and November 6th – 18th, 2009

Multimedia show

Project development: 5 months

Heavent Meetings 2010 Award

To mark the independence day of 15 September and anticipating two hundred years of Independence and hundred years of Mexican Revolution, the agency Les Petits Français created and directed an original show staged in Mexico City’s most famous square, the Zócalo.

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The show is made up of three acts:

   – In the first act projections on screens around the square present Mexican personalities and people, who invite the public to celebrate their country’s independence.

   – The second act takes spectators on a journey through history, while emotions are stirred by the appearance of exemplary figures who have influenced Mexican history.

   – In the third act, the National Palace is sketched out, then, thanks to unique modeling and projection technology, it starts to move as the very stones of Mexico’s most emblematic building seem to come to life.

Further to the extraordinary success of the show’s initial run, Les Petits Français were asked to put on additional dates throughout November 2009 so that Mexicans who had missed out on the first run could have the opportunity to enjoy this exercise in cultural integration.

Les Petits Français

Concept, show design, direction, artistic and content production

Martin Arnaud, Concept, Show Design and Direction

Marilyn Kuentz, Artistic Production

Carolina Peña Brunet, Content Coordination

Rachel Gonidec, Artistic Production Assistant

Vanessa Rybicki, Logistics Coordination

Anne Larra, Artistic Production Coordination

Jean-Marc Hennaut, Technical Direction

Clément Rabreaud, Technical Direction

Saúl Badillo, Technical Coordination

Christophe Bertiaux, Concept and Images Design

Olivier Scheffer, Image Design

François Simerey, Image Design

Ugo Cassanello, Image Design

Sylvie Verhee, Image Design

Luis Morales, Image Design

François Chatelain, Image Design

Pierre Caillot, Original Soudtrack

Pascal Lengagne, Original Soudtrack

Philippe Villar, Original Soudtrack and Sound Design

Fabien Langard, Original Soudtrack and Sound Design

Eliseo Santillán, Original Soudtrack

Bruno Corsini, Light Design

Pierre-Emmanuel Gélis, Pyrotechnics Design

Stéphane Bazoge, Pyrotechnics Co-Design

Emmanuel Celeyron, Pyrotechnics Coordination

Yan Kaimakis, Video Programming

Robin Darraux, Video

Marc De Laender, Video

Didier Pougin, Video

Franck Denos, Video

David Boisvert, Video

Francis Corbeil, Video

Sébastien Gilig, Water screen

Ann Cantat Corsini, Camera

Ann Cantat Corsini and Bruno Corsini, Making of

Henri Poulain, Making of

 

Vivace Producciones

Mexican production

Octavio García Allende, Production

Leonardo Solís Garmendia, Co-Production

Omar Arangutia Olevera, Co-Production

José Blas García, Administration

Lourdes Skipsey, Executive Production

Marime Fresnedo, Production Coordination

María Carmen Fernandez, Production Assistant

Víctor Vázquez, Technical Coordination

Alejandra López, Logistic Coordination

Miguel Lee, Technical Coordination

Fernando Llanos, Camera Coordination

Tomás Morales López, Camera

Alejandro Loera, Camera

Diego Alberto Delgado González, Camera

Atonatiuh Sánchez Bracho, Photos

Carlos Chávez Cantu, Photos

Emiliano Rocha Minter, Camera

Francisco Espinosa, Runner

 

Suppliers

ETC London Paris, Video Projection

Aquatic show International, Water Screen

Excess International, Freight

Foto Niza, Led screens

PRG, Audio

Luzmila, Lights

Simply Professional, Lights

 

Special thanks

Conaculta, Archivo General de la Nación

Banco de México

Comisión organizadora de la conmemoración del bicentenario del inicio del movimiento de independencia nacional y del centenario del inicio de la revolución mexicana

Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes

Gobierno del Distrito Federal

Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

Instituto Nacional de Bellas artes

Museo Nacional de Antropología

Instituto  Nacional de estudios Históricos de las Revoluciones de México

 

Photos

Eduardo Flores, Fotografías México Contemporáneo

Ignacio Guevara,  Fotografías México Prehispánico

Ilán Rabchinskey , Fotografías indígenas de Chiapas

Rafael Donís (Mural  “Epopeya del pueblo mexicano”, 1929-1935)

Ana Giselle Rodríguez

 

Characters

Danna Paola

Ely Guerra

Guillermo Arriaga

María Fernanda García

Enrique Bermúdez

Manuel Mijares

Lorena Ochoa

Paty Chapoy

Paola Espinoza

José Luis Cuevas

Alex Lora (El Tri)

Ximena Sariñana

Místico

Armando Manzanero

Javier López “Chabelo”

Guillermo Ochoa

Héctor Moreno

Carlos Salcido

Ricardo Osorio

Cecilia Suárez

Karla Carrillo

Perla Beltrán

Ana Gabriela Espinoza

Lupita Jones

Yuri

Ana de la Reguera

Roberto Gómez Bolaños “Chespirito”

Hijo del Santo

Blue Demon Jr

María Fernanda García

 

Music

La Danza de la luna (Nahuas) Fonoteca del INAH-Música Indígena de México Volumen  9 Patrón San  Miguel, Disco 4 Compilación : En el lugar de la música-Testimonio Musical de  México 1964-2009 CONACULTA-INAH

“Viva México” de la autoría de Pedro Galindo, interpretado por JORGE NEGRETE

“El son de la negra” de la autoría de Rubén Fuentes/Silvestre Vargas, interpretado por Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan

“La adelita” de la autoría de Felipe A. Partichela