Event: The Berlin Reunion
Ok, this happened in October, but I’ll be damned if I’m not posting these incredible images from the ‘Berlin Reunion’. And you never know, as it’s the first time I’ve seen them, there’s a smidgen of a chance you haven’t either. But Nossa! These images just blow me completely away! Why can’t we have giant puppets in the streets everyday? (Although it kind of makes me snigger to think somewhere, in that crowd, there’s a little kid who will have been traumatized for life by this.)
Here’s the rundown according to the awesome Boston ( Btw, I would highly recommend clicking that link to see the collection in its entirety.)
“…1.5 million people filled the streets of Berlin, Germany to watch a several-day performance by France’s Royal de Luxe street theatre company titled “The Berlin Reunion”. Part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Reunion show featured two massive marionettes, the Big Giant, a deep-sea diver, and his niece, the Little Giantess. The storyline of the performance has the two separated by a wall, thrown up by “land and sea monsters”. The Big Giant has just returned from a long and difficult - but successful - expedition to destroy the wall, and now the two are walking the streets of Berlin, seeking each other after many years apart.”
Beijos! (Sasha)
A police boat makes its way past the “Big Giant” of the French theatre company Royal de Luxe, who is lifted out of the water in Berlin on October 3, 2009. Part of an open-air theatre spectacle with two marionettes named Little Giantess and Big Giant seeking each other out, visiting various historical sites in the Berlin, as part of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the falling of the Berlin wall. (JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images
Crowds of spectators surround the Little Giantess at Bebelplatz in Berlin on October 2, 2009. (PHILIPP GUELLAND/AFP/Getty Images) #
Members of the street theater group Royal De Luxe (”Lilliputians”) lift the 9.5 meter tall Big Giant out of the river Spree in Berlin, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij) #
Water sheds from the feet of the Big Giant as he is lifted from the water in Berlin on October 3, 2009. (AXEL SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) #
The Big Giant begins his search through Berlin for his niece, the Little Giantess during a street theatre performance on October 3, 2009. (REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz) #
The Little Giantess makes her way down Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse on October 2, 2009. (DAVID GANNON/AFP/Getty Images) #
The Little Giantess rides in a boat in front of Berlin’s TV tower on October 2, 2009. (DAVID GANNON/AFP/Getty Images) #
The Big Giant and his niece, the Little Giantess share an embrace as they are reunited once again, in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on October 3, 2009. (AXEL SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) #
The Big Giant and the Little Giantess, newly reunited, sleep in each others’ arms in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij) #
The Little Giantess makes her way past the Reichstag in Berlin on October 4, 2009. (BERTHOLD STADLER/AFP/Getty Images) #
The Big Giant and the Little Giantess are lifted into a boat for their departure during the fourth day of a street theatre in Berlin, October 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter) #
Little Giantess rests on her uncle, the Big Giant as they leave Berlin on October 4, 2009. (BERTHOLD STADLER/AFP/Getty Images) #
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