Friday, November 16, 2018

"The Guardian of the Temple" by La Machine

The French design and production company La Machine (previously here and here) unveiled a new show this month in Toulouse. Called "The Guardian of the Temple," this fantastic live performance featured a 46-foot tall Minotaur and an enormous spider walking the streets enacting the ancient Greek myth of Ariane. Simply stunning.

Their website reports:
"Toulouse marked by gold, fire, blood and water, will see his temple disappear. His guardian buried underground will remain. When the sun rises on the temple finally discovered, fifty equinoxes will be necessary for him to come back to life. Protector of the city, he will be reborn by the waters of the river in favor of the new blue moon. Wandering in search of the temple, lost in the heart of the labyrinth, only Ariane metamorphosed will guide him to his new home."

From 1 to 4 November will be played in Toulouse The Guardian of the Temple a myth in four acts created by François Delaroziere and the company La Machine and played exclusively in Toulouse. The show will feature a monumental machine, the Minotaur, dedicated to the city of Toulouse that will reinterpret the myth of Ariane. This show, played in the streets of downtown Toulouse, a real labyrinth of nature, is an introduction to the setting up of the cultural and touristic equipment of the Halle de La Machine in the Montaudran district around the historic track of the Aéropostale now called the Giant's Trail.

A large part of the company's team is already on site and has started the rehearsals of the show, which promises to be one of the major events of autumn in the Toulouse region. The rehearsals and the show will mobilize more than 200 people from the company, a hundred volunteers and a large part of the agents of Toulouse Métropole.




http://www.lamachine.fr/le-gardien-du-temple-en-exclusivite-mondiale-a-toulouse/

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