México en el Corazón
Zócalo Square, Mexico city
15, 17, 18 and 19 September and from 6 to 18 November 2009
Multimedia show
Audience: 150,000 per show
Length of the project development: 5 months
THE SHOW
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.
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.
PHOTOS
+VIDEOS
CREDITS
Concept, Show Design and Artistic Production - Les Petits Français
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, Images Design
François Simerey, Images Design
Ugo Cassanello, Images Design
Sylvie Verhee, Images Design
Luis Morales, Images Design
François Chatelain, Images 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 Gelis, 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
Mexican Production - Vivace Producciones
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
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