Nice. This circus with fake animals is happening, a “global innovation” to discover

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Since this Saturday, December 21, 2024, “Rêves de Cirque” has been performing under its big top at the MIN, west of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). But this circus has a particularity: the show does not include animals. Or almost.

A “global innovation” will be presented, indicates the troupe. A robotic elephant of 3.60 meters will accompany the performances.

A one-ton fake elephant in real size

The marquee and decorations were being installed at the MIN in Nice this week. The company “Rêves de Cirque” offers performances from Saturday December 21, 2024 to January 5, 2025. Although his troupe does not include any animals in its acts, it presents “a spectacular innovation”.

It is a “life-sized animatronic elephant, which will be presented on the track for the first time.” The robot is 3.60 meters highweighs a ton and is “capable of reacting to artists' performances and interacting with the audience.”

A unique creation that required a lot of work: “It took us several years to create an exact replica.”

25 international artists for 2 hours

Because the elephant was not designed at random. It was produced by a “team of engineering and performing arts experts.” The company also wanted to get as close as possible to reality. To do this, she went as far as observe in nature.

It is Hindu sculptors who created these fake animals. All the technology and electromechanics were then added so that it could reproduce the movements of the elephants “to perfection”.

His new show called “The Prodigious Odyssey” is made up of 25 international artists over a 2-hour show.

Here is the program in Nice

To discover “Rêves de Cirque” during these end-of-year holidays, here are the dates and times of the different representations in Nice:

• Sunday December 22: 10:45 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
• Monday December 23: 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
• Thursday December 26: 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Friday December 27: 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday December 28: 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday December 29: 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
• Monday December 30: 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
• Tuesday December 31: 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday January 1: 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Thursday January 2: 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
• Friday January 3: 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday January 4: 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday January 5: 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Tickets are available online as well as at the circus ticket offices and at ticketing points in Leclerc, Auchan, Carrefour, Cultura, the company specifies. Prices vary between 19 and 50 euros depending on the placement. However, special Christmas promotions are offered on the website.

The bad memory of the Zavatta circus

In Nice, we still remember the cirque Zavatta who had raised a lively controversy to the point of being expelled by the courts from the land that the troop illegally occupied. She was accused of exploiting wild animals. A violent altercation between the owner and the mayor, Christian Estrosi, had broken out.

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