Carros de Foc was a double olympic. Firstly, for starring The opening premiere of the XXII Commonwealth Games For their tireless work over the second, four months held in Birmingham.
3 5 meter puppets And many others 9 meters high and one 12 meters long floating, All created specifically for the opening of this competition, making it the biggest challenge and one of the greatest work ever done. San Vicente’s urban theater companyled by miguel angel martin With 30 years of existence.
Gala got together more than 30,000 people and BBC Broadcast live to the world with your presence. Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. Then there was the Carros de Foc team, which sent a dozen technicians to the British city. ” happened a challenge in every way“Assures the director of Carros de Foc.” First, to produce the elements in such a short time and to mobilize many companies to make different parts, as we had to go to many companies from Alicante for this; The incredible thing was to do so much quality in just two months”.
In February, the organization of these international games chose the company from San Vicente. among three possible candidates after visiting their facility in San Vicente to learn about their work. Two months later the contract was signed. From there, they created the puppets and buoys in April and May, and June and July were reserved for shipping, assembly and testing in Birmingham.
The result is called Edward, Shakespeare and the Madmanit consists of three giant puppets, one barge, the other buoys representing the printing house, and the third three elements that this company created in its workshop in San Vicente.
All this has been done in just two monthsMade of fireproof polyester based on designs provided by the organization. Miguel Ángel Martín, one of the biggest challenges electric vehicles to move huge buoys, because they obviously had to be created for these builds. “We were going to use these electric vehicles for the first time, and we needed to find a company that could do it with the capacity to support the 4,500-pound buoys and transport them at the same time,” Martín says. . Again they got it.
“It seemed crazy to be able to produce these vehicles,” notes Martín, “but we did it and in Spain they were never combined with buoys, they were separate and everything was gathered there; it was hard work, but the end result was excellent”.
While all the material is in Birmingham, Miguel Ángel Martin and his team they had to make the necessary adjustments until rehearsals began. “A team of 14 from the establishment was responsible for manipulating the puppets, but when the rehearsals were over we had to readjust everything.”
gala held in Alexander Stadium Birmingham Featured performances on July 26 Duran Duran and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and the presence of athletes from the Commonwealth’s 72 countries and territories.
The success was supported by the messages that came to the organization, praising and thanking the work done and inviting them to future projects. At this time some elements of puppets and floats have returned to the Carros de Foc store in San Vicente. There will be some benefits in the future. “Sure,” says Miguel Ángel Martín.
In addition to starring in Burning Man, Carros de Foc also appeared twice. Dubai World’s Fair, in South Korea and many countries around the world.
Source: Informacion
