"Yo, México", Centenary of the Revolution
Zócalo Square, Mexico City, México
September 16th to 21st, 2010
Celebration - Culture and society
3 000 000
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Project development:
1 year
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Outstanding Achievement Award (TEA) and 2nd Event of the Decade Award (Heavent Awards 2016)

With celebrations in 2010 to mark 200 years of independence and the Centenary of the Revolution, Mexico commemorated two major events in its history that have shaped the way Mexicans are today.

Les Petits Français produced a show as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of the Mexican Revolution.

To define the concept of the show, they drew on the following aims:

– to celebrate the Mexican people and encourage them to continue building the society to which they aspire,

– to showcase its creative force through cultural and cutting-edge technological expressions that would make an impression on all Mexicans.

Like all projects carried out by Les Petits Français, this unique event was conceived and developed exclusively for the occasion.

Over 90 minutes, the show gave a poetic account of the most important moments in the history of Mexico, through music and dance, voices and illuminations, gigantic projections and highly esthetic images, accompanied by special effects that did not fail to surprise the spectators.

More than 12 000 m2 of moving images, 270° projections on Mexico City’s main square, the Zócalo, three “Time Machines” – towers that discreetly housed the lighting, projection, mist, flames and pyrotechnic effects equipments; a central stage, along with three stages at the feet of the “Time Machines”, where more than 300 artists performed, and 100 meters of catwalk joining the four stages, meant the throngs of spectators could be as close as possible to the performers.

More than 1,400 costumes and 600 props evoked the different periods in Mexico’s history; 55 video projectors (20 000 lumens) projected images onto the façades around the square; 12 high-resolution (18 000 lumens) video projectors for 12 tulle screens measuring 9 X 4.5 meters; more than 50 flame generators, as well as a circular pyrotechnic display brought the show to its climax and gave rise to lasting emotions. Faultless sound quality was achieved through the use of 16 Line Array systems, which enabled the original soundtrack to be transmitted from any point on the square according to show requirements.

This contributed to every spectator being able to enjoy a truly unforgettable experience.