Olivier, just let us know about a fantastic parade that took place last month in Nantes, France celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Jules Verne’s classic novel “Around the World in Eighty Days”.
Here are some amazing photos of the Royal de Luxe Parade.
The link is a series of pictures of a parade that happened earlier this month in Nantes in France. This year is the 100th year anniversary of Jules Vernes the writer of “Around the world in 80 days”, and the parade was inspired by one of his stories that he wrote.
The crew that designed the parade is “Royal de Luxe” and has been making major street performance such as this one for the past 20 years. Make sure to zoom in some of the pictures to see the details of the constructions…
I found quite a few more photos on Flicker of this incredible parade.
photo: Guillaume Gautie
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this is truly awesome in the purest sense of the word.
and should be used as the standard for using that word.
fantastic, unbelievable ,,, restores my faith in waking up in the morning.
oh my god oh my god oh my god.
the jaw dropping magnitude of this awesome thing leaves me…nearly tearful.
finally something truly RAD.
Annie
this is a mini blog of the visite in Amiens. next event in london 8-11 sept.
hi! I actually live in Nantes, and this parade was really amazing, but this is definitely not the first time Royal De Luxe is performing such shows. Last time, their parade involved two huge giraffes. I think the best part of these shows is the incredible atmosphere it brings to the city: for 3 days, people share this unforgettable experience, which truly brings people together. What is really fun is that they do not announce any sort of program before the show, so nobody knows what will happen, or where the machines will be during the 3 days. To see a few pics of the giraffes: http://membres.lycos.fr/harvey/nantes/royal.html
I’ d like to share my shoots and above all my DVD I’ve created with very good shots on SUNDAY , i’m looking for saturday night parade
i’ve missed
RV around Nantes
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ACTUALLY it is coming to london 4th to the 7th of may 2006.
MAKE sure you are there it will be incredible@
I am a life time fan ever since I saw these guys about a decennium ago.
I am crying my eyes out because they are coming to Antwerp in July and I am out of the country.
I saw all but one of there previous performances done and I am completely enchanted.
You only know what you miss when you once saw them.
Can anybody PLEASE let me know what the music is played when the girl was taking a shower by the elephant? Truly wonderful stuff. I am touched. I think its called ‘it amazes me’ but by whom?
You can see the scene I mean here… http://worksafevideos.com/movies/little_girl_giant.php
This is such an amazing thing to see that it’s hard to describe. Just make an effort to see the show!!!!
Jonathan,
the music is, “Decollage” by “Balayeurs du Desert”, as you can see at the end of the film (originally at
This is from the official “Jules Verne Impact CD”.
I also have a music question concering “la petite geante” : when she is riding her “trottinete” bike there is an instrumental song (I think James Last ?), seems like a TV-show theme.
Hi
I love the music too but coulnd find it anywhere to buy!
You can download the MP3 File at this link…
http://muzakforcybernetics.blogspot.com/2006/06/les-balayeurs-du-desert-decollage.html
Thanks to Sean for posting the originally…
Tim
how can get a schedule of upcoming shows? i found no url…
me gusto mucho su obra de la pequeña gigante y el rinoceronte que vinieron a dar aqui en chile estuvo muy buena, ojala pudieran venir nuevamente a dar una obra tan bien echa como esa, me gusto mucho la pequeña gigante.
eso solamente muchas graias por traer esta obra aqui y como ya habia dicho antes ojala volvieran…
gracias adios.
http://www.nantes.fr/ext/royal_de_luxe_2005/
“Du vendredi 1er au dimanche 10 février 2008, à Nantes, la compagnie Royal de Luxe présente sa dernière production.”
Does anyone know if Royale De Luxe are performing in France in June 2009?
Does anyone know when Royal de Luxe is coming to New York City?