Groupe F

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Groupe F is a global company that develops and performs pyrotechnic shows and open-air theater performances. The company is considered France's flagship when it comes to fireworks .

history

The 2004 Athens Olympic and Paralympic Games opened

The company Groupe F was founded in 1990 by François Montel, Alain and Didier Burkhalter Mandin at the site Bessèges in Gard in southern France founded. In 1992 the team was expanded with Éric Noel, Nicolas Mousques, Caroline and Christophe Berthonneau. The Groupe F designed the fireworks effects for the closing ceremony of the Barcelona Olympics . From 1993 the shows "Oiseaux de Feu" and "Un peu plus de Lumière" were performed internationally. In 1998, Groupe F realized the fireworks show at the end of the soccer World Cup .

On December 31, 1999, Groupe F performed the New Year's Eve fireworks for 2000 at the Eiffel Tower. Groupe F then used interdisciplinary teams for the artistic and technical implementation of major international projects . Jonas Bidaut, Cédric Moreau, Eric Travers and Jeff Yelnik have been accompanying Groupe F in its international development since then. Since 2000, Groupe F has been exploring new scenographic possibilities and creating the necessary means to merge light, video mapping, music, fireworks and human actors into a monumental show. The Palace of Versailles , the bridge Pont du Gard and the Eiffel Tower were you ever gone venues for these creations.

In November 2017, Groupe F put on a show for the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Communication .

Pyrotechnic events (selection)

Live shows

  • Les Oiseaux de Feu (on tour from 1994 to 2000)
  • Un peu plus de Lumière (on tour from 1997 to 2010)
  • Joueurs de Lumière (on tour from 2004 to 2010)
  • Coups de Foudre (on tour from 2008 to 2010)
  • In Versailles: La Face cachée du Soleil (2007 and 2008)
  • L'Autre Monde, Les États et Empires du Soleil (2009)
  • Les Noces Royales de Louis XIV (2010)
  • Le Roi de Feu (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • "Migrations" series (since 2012)
  • Rhone, in Arles for the opening of Marseille Provence, European Capital of Culture 2013
  • Focus - La Saga des Photons, to kick off Dunkirk Regional Capital of Culture 2013
  • À Fleur de Peau (on tour since 2014)
  • At the Pont du Gard: Lux Populi (2008), Impressions (2011), Ludolux (2012), Ulysse au pays des merveilles (2013), Le Magicien d'eau (2014), Les Mondes Magiques (2015), Feux Gaulois (2016 ), Feux Romains (2017)
  • Suspended time, original creation for the 50th anniversary of the album Sergent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of the Beatles, for the Sgt Pepper at 50 festival, Liverpool, 2017
  • Vives réflexions, show for the inauguration of the Louvre d'Abou Dabi, 2017

literature

  • Élise Thiébaut: Le Théâtre du feu. Thierry Nava (photographs), Actes Sud, 2002, ISBN 2-7427-3835-5 .
  • Raphael Masson, Elise Thiébaut: Feux royaux à Versailles. La face cachée du soleil. Thierry Nava (photographs), Actes Sud, 2008, ISBN 978-2-7427-7605-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Hahn: Power games in Paris. At least once, Hollande wants to be forceful. The world . July 21, 2014, accessed February 5, 2018 .
  2. ^ Philippe Lane: Cultural Diplomacy and the Arts . In: French Scientific and Cultural Diplomacy . Liverpool University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84631-865-8 , pp. 56 (English).
  3. ^ A b Martine Robert: Le Groupe F, géant mondial du feu d'artifice. Les Échos . July 13, 2009, accessed February 6, 2018 (French).

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