The German acrobatic circus Roncalli has boasted for decades of its spectacular numbers with animals: today it uses a battery of laser projectors and futuristic lenses to produce 3D shows with holographic animals.
It is a very respectable technological compromise and leads the way to a new one generation of circuses that will renew the traditional through new solutions magic of representations with more ethical and animal-friendly practices.
Animals: zero
To save suffering and pain to the poor animals often trained in very hard sessions, Roncalli worked to obtain surprisingly detailed 3D models: the expense was of almost half a million euros, but it seems to be it was worth it.
Since the 90s this circus family has progressively limited the use of animals, but with this solution he will revolutionize his entire repertoire: in the gigantic arena the "holo-animals" are perfectly integrated in performances of athletes and clowns.
The success was amazing: last year the return of the initiative's image and the undoubted beauty of the show brought in more than 600.000 spectators.
Animal rights activists celebrate: “This is the future of the magical circus show,” says Jan Creamer, President of Animal Defenders International. “A performance that everyone can enjoy, and that does not reduce living beings to objects.”
Other associations like the PETA: “the initiative to remove animals from circuses is a driving force behind the entire entertainment movement,” says a press release of the association.
In my own small way, I too applaud: old, often violent practices are giving way to real hymns to creativity and the magic of the combination man-technology.
