The circus revolution born in Oia
Animatronic robots designed in such detail that they have astonished circus experts and artists around the world.
The Vigo outlet VigoÉ devotes a feature to La Fiesta Escénica’s animatronic elephants, between 2 and 3.6 metres tall, made with cement and resin moulds, layers of latex and details such as hair and eyelashes. Their trunks spray water, their eyes shed tears and their ears flap thanks to electromechanical mechanisms.
The process took the company’s craftspeople to India to work with local sculptors. According to the article, one of the elephants would debut in Poitiers (France) from 4 October and another would travel to Germany for the Roncalli circus’s golden jubilee.
‘Our aim is to keep the spirit of the circus alive, but adapted to modern times,’ explains Abel Martín. The feature also looks back at the story of the company’s animatronic polar bears.
Summary by La Fiesta Escénica. Quotes are translated where the original article is not in English.