What is the Circle of Light Festival? Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light"
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The Moscow Circle of Light Festival is a unique event that annually gathers tens of thousands of enthusiastic spectators in the capital of our country. Among them are thousands of guests who came from around the world. Foreign tourists book hotels and buy tickets for many months in advance to get to the grandiose light show, which simply has no analogues in the world.
During the festival of light, the capital changes its gray autumn colors to bright colors and becomes like a fairy-tale city painted by an invisible wizard. The architectural appearance of the city is transformed by fantastic video projections decorating iconic places and buildings, including the Ostankino Tower and the Bolshoi Theater, the Maly Theater and Ostankino Pond, as well as other sites.
Circle of Light Festival - Moscow - 2019
The Moscow Circle of Light Festival is traditionally held in the fall in September and October at various venues in the city. In past years, the light show could be seen in Ostankino, on Teatralnaya Square, in Tsaritsyno, in Strogino, as well as in other iconic places of the capital.
Where and when will it take place Festival "Circle of Light" in 2019 , addresses of venues, as well as exact dates can be found on the organizers’ website. The link is provided below.
About the Festival
The festival was first held in Moscow in 2011, although the idea of holding it first appeared back in 2002, and it belonged to Anton Chukaev, who proposed holding a festival of light by analogy with the French Leon.
Over the years of the festival's existence, about 7.5 million people have become its guests. Dozens of artists and lighting designers, as well as professional 2D and 3D graphics artists, presented their work there.
Thanks to modern technologies, as well as musical and light magic, guests can take an incredible journey to different parts of the globe, including the Yellow Stone park space, the Ural Mountains and Lake Baikal, Niagara Falls and the Sahara Desert. And all this can be visited in one trip.
The Art Vision competition is being held as part of the Circle of Light. It involves both professional graphic artists and those who are just starting their journey in video mapping.
Also during the festival, educational master classes are held from famous lighting design gurus, where you can learn a lot of interesting things about this art form.
Program
The program, schedule and venues of the Moscow Light Festival can be viewed on the official website.
Admission to the festival sites is free. Welcome to the #CircleofLight in Moscow!
Video
If you have not yet been able to visit one of the most multimedia and amazing holidays in the world, we invite you to watch the video. But it’s better to see for yourself once than to hear a hundred times about how beautiful and interesting it is. Below are the works of graphic and lighting design masters that were demonstrated on Theater Square on the facade of the Bolshoi Theater. Enjoy your viewing.
Venue
Ostankino, Theater Square, Tsaritsyno, Strogino, Digital October, KZ Mir
Ticket prices
Free admission
From September 23 to 27, 2017, the VII Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" will be held in the capital Moscow.
"Circle of Light" is held annually. For five days Moscow will again turn into city of light- lighting designers and specialists in the field of audiovisual art from all over the world will transform the architectural appearance of the capital. Its most famous buildings will feature colorful large-scale video projections, the streets will be illuminated with fabulous installations, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give an unforgettable experience and vivid emotions.Entrance to the opening ceremony "Circle of Light", as with other performances of the festival - free. However, you can watch the opening ceremony up close - from specially organized stands. To do this you need to get an invitation card. In particular, you can win invitation tickets to the opening ceremony of the festival by participating in competition , held at official festival page on VKontakte.
ATTENTION! Tickets for the stands are distributed through social services and departments of the Moscow government. Tickets are also raffled off in competitions on the festival’s social networks.
Venues and schedule of the festival "Circle of Light 2017"
The festival will take place at the following venues in Moscow: Ostankino, Teatralnaya Square, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Strogino, Digital October and the Mir Concert Hall.
Ostankino
This is one of the main venues of the Moscow International festival "Circle of Light 2017". September 23rd will take place here The opening ceremony. A musical and multimedia show using video projection, choreography of fountains, synergy of light, lasers and fire will unfold on the Ostankino Tower and the water surface of the Ostankino pond and will end with a grandiose pyrotechnic show.
SEPTEMBER 23: OPENING CEREMONY OF THE VII MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL "CIRCLE OF LIGHT", 20:00-21:15
A multimedia show traveling through different countries of the world and their geographical natural beauties. The opening ceremony will end with a 15-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show involving the Ostankino Tower
ATTENTION! In connection with the opening ceremony of the festival, a number of roads in the Ostankino area will be blocked. Changes will also be made to the operation of public transport. Road closure plan at the Ostankino site Published on September 23 and 24 in the photo gallery on this page(see above).
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Live broadcast of the festival opening ceremony
A multimedia show traveling through different countries of the world and their geographical natural beauties. The program will end with a 7-minute grandiose pyrotechnic show.
theatre square
The main buildings on this site are Bolshoi and Maly theaters. The light show on their facades will tell a love story. In addition, the site will host a screening of works from the ARTVISION competition. Participants from all over the world will demonstrate new works of light art to the audience at the Bolshoi Theater in the Classic category and at the Maly Theater in the Modern category.
BIG AND SMALL THEATER. LIGHT SHOW "SKY MECHANICS"
Viewers can expect a story about love and loneliness. About the impossibility of accepting one person by another, but at the same time the impossibility of existing alone.
BIG AND SMALL THEATER. LIGHT SHOW "TIMELESS"
The light history of the Maly Theater will be told to the audience.
BIG THEATER. SHOWING THE WORKS OF ARTVISION COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS IN THE "CLASSIC" NOMINATION
On the façade of the Bolshoi Theater, viewers can expect new works in the genre of classic architectural video mapping. Participants will demonstrate the art of interaction of 2D-3D light-color projections on a physical object in the urban environment, taking into account its geometry and location in space.
SMALL THEATER. SHOWING WORKS OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE ARTVISION COMPETITION IN THE "MODERN" NOMINATION
The facade of the Maly Theater will become a canvas for the works of participants in the ART VISION competition in the “Modern” category. This nomination differs from classic architectural video mapping in that the authors constantly search for and use new technologies, tools, and knowledge in the field of modern artistic trends.
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Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno"
At this site, viewers can expect an audiovisual show at the Grand Catherine Palace, a live performance by Turetsky’s Soprano art group to the accompaniment of light and music, a fountain show on the Tsaritsyn Pond and amazing light installations.
GRAND CATHERINE PALACE
AUDIOVISUAL MAPPING "PALACE OF SENSES"
PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE BY THE ART GROUP SOPRANO TURETSKY, ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO PROJECTION ON THE FACADE OF THE PALACE
Viewers will witness a unique combination of lighting technologies with recordings of songs from one of the best female groups in Russia, which features voices from the highest (coloratura soprano) to the lowest (mezzo).
TSARITSYNSKY POND
FOUNTAIN SHOW
Dozens of fountains will come to life to the music of classical works by Russian composers, making spectators part of a large water orchestra.
PARK TSARITSYNO
LIGHT INSTALLATIONS
Throughout the evening, amazing light installations from leading lighting designers from all over the world will be running in Tsaritsyno Park. 4 light installations will be installed:
- Your own space;
- Mushroom glade;
- Raindrops;
- Vinyl Mapping.
24 SEPTEMBER from 20:00 to 21:00 there will also be a PERFORMANCE BY THE TURKISH SOPRANO ART GROUP, ACCOMPANIED BY A VIDEO PROJECTION ON THE FACADE OF THE PALACE.
SEPTEMBER 25, 20:00-21:00. SPEECH BY DMITRY MALIKOV ACCOMPANIED BY LIVE VIDEO PROJECTIONS
The program will feature a number of classical works performed by Dmitry Malikov, which will be translated into the language of visual metaphors and images by the VJ team, winner of the ART VISION competition.
September 23, Saturday
Conference hall
12:00 - 12:50 Discussion: When will robots replace designers?
Participants: Andrey Sebrant (Yandex), Andrey Kalinin (MailRU Group), Doctor of Biological Sciences Alexander Kaplan, artist Alexandra Gavrilova (Stain).
Moderator - Olga Vad (curator of the Polytechnic Museum)
13:20 - 14:00 Lecture: What “shines” for us. Gaston Zahr OGE Creative Group (Israel)
14:30 - 15:10 Lecture: Fulldome revolution. Pedro Zaz (Portugal)
15:20 - 16:20 Evolution of 3D mapping. Alexander Meltsev (Panasonic Russia)
17:00 - 18:00 Discussion: Rays of Light - educational sprint
Participants: Tanya Samarakovskaya, Vadim Mirgorodsky (co-founder of the Truce media design studio), Vadim Goncharov (front-end developer), Sergey Batyshev (media designer), moderator - Dmitry Karpov
Small Hall
12:30 - 13:10 Presentation: Using Blacktrax technology in multimedia performances. Dreamlaser
13:20 - 14:00 Presentation: Flaretic: An environment for creating real-time graphics. Julien Vulliet (France)
14:30 - 15:10 Presentation: Bolshoi Ostrovsky.
Technologies for creating dramatic mapping shows at the Bolshoi and Maly theaters from the Dobro studio.
15:20 - 16:20 Presentation: Unity of technology and art in collaboration with brands. Radugadesign
Workshops and seminars
Audience 1*
MadMapper 3.0 - DMX lighting control system. François Wunshel
Auditorium 2*
TouchDesigner: Elementary mathematics. Ilya Derzaev
Auditorium 3*
Unreal Visual Orchestra / Unreal Visual Orchestra. Kuflex
Auditorium 4*
Laser projectors Outdoor Lasers in lighting design. Outdoor Lasers
Hall:
11:00 - 18:00 - Demonstration of a collection of videos with bright multimedia projects from around the world in 2016-2017.
Conference hall
12:00 - 12:50 Discussion. Profession lighting designer: creating an incubator for geniuses.
Participants: Natalya Markevich (lighting designer, curator of the Lighting Design course at the MARSH school), Artem Voronov (co-founder of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute lighting design school MPEI Light Lab), Natalya Bystryantseva (Higher School of Lighting Design at ITMO University) and Sergey Sizy (member of the international union of lighting designers IALD, founder and run LiDS lighting design schools and studios).
Moderator - Vladimir Pavlovich Budak (Department of Lighting Engineering MPEI)
13:20 - 14:00 Lecture: All art was modern. Marzia Lodi, European Institute of Design (IED, Italy)
14:30 - 15:10 Lecture: From phantasmagoria to sensory reality? Olga Mink (Netherlands)
15:20 - 16:20 Lecture: 1024 architecture - From the physical to the intangible. Panorama of studio projects 1024"
17:00 - 18:00 Discussion: Light orchestra - original lighting solutions for musical performances and events.
Participants: Roman Vakulyuk (Global Show Trade), Alexander Fuks, Marina Larikova, Oleg Tysyachny and Pavel Gusev (True Light Crew), moderator - Alexey Shcherbina
Small Hall
12:30 - 13:10 Video mapping. Entertainment and efficiency. Ivan Gorokhov, Meshsplash
13:20 - 14:00 Opening ceremony of Expo 2017 in Astana. Anton Sakara (Raketamedia)
14:30 - 15:10 Space Ku. Kuflex
15:20 - 16:20 Personality beyond new media. Natalya Bystryantseva (Higher School of Lighting Design, ITMO University, Russia)
Workshops and seminars
Audience 1*
Mapping on complex objects. Dreamlaser
Auditorium 2*
Design and control of lighting installations using VDMX and Unity. Mikhail Grigoriev, Ilya Ryzhkov (Luna Park)
www.lunapark.space
Auditorium 3*
Visual effects and compositing in vvvv. Julien Vullier (Mr. Vux, France), Ekaterina Danilova (Idwyr)
* - Pre-registration is required, the number of places is limited
Hall
11:00 - 18:00 - Demonstration of a collection of videos with bright multimedia projects from around the world 2016-2017
KZ "Mir"
On September 24 at 20:00 the best light and sound teams will compete in the category "VJing" of the ART VISION competition. Every V.J. has only 10 minutes left to showcase its best video projections accompanied by a live DJ set. Who will do it better and more creatively? The audience's reaction also affects the judges' scores! Musical accompaniment of the competition - DJ Artem Splash.
The Circle of Light Moscow International Festival is an annual event at which lighting designers and audiovisual artists from various countries reinvent the architecture of Moscow. For a few days Moscow will turn into a light universe while fascinating building projections will color the streets and fantastic multimedia shows utilizing light, flame, lasers and fireworks will shake the viewers to the core. As always admission to all festival venues is free.
The Educational Program is another side of the Festival. Workshops and presentations by top International light designers and artists are the main profile of the Program. Any of the above is completely free but require pre-registration.
ART VISION PROJECTION MAPPING AND VJING COMPETITION IS RUN AS PART OF THE CIRCLE OF LIGHT FESTIVAL. THE COMPETITION CAN BE ENTERED IN THREE NOMINATIONS:
1 CLASSIC
2 Modern
3 VJing
There is an educational program that takes place during the festival. It includes lectures and workshops with the world class lighting designers. Educational activities are open for visitors, but the pre-registration is needed.
The “Circle of Light” festival has won:
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"The Guinness world record"
for the largest projected image (2015); -
"The Innovations Time"
award for the Eventful Project of the Year nomination (2015); -
"The Event of the Year"
award for the City Festival of the Year (2015); -
"The Moscow Times Awards"
for the Cultural Event of the Year (2014); -
"Best of Russia/Best.ru"
award for the Best Cultural Event of the Year (2014); -
"Guiding Light Award"
for the Best Event (2014); -
"Brand no. 1 in Russia"
in the Festival category (2013, 2014); -
"Brand of the Year/EFFIE"
in the Entertainment Industry category (2011, 2012).
The organizer of the “Circle of Light” festival is the Department of Sport and Tourism of Moscow.
The coordinator of the festival is LBL Communication Group.
From September 21 to 25, 2018, the international festival “Circle of Light” will be held in Moscow.
The Moscow International Festival “Circle of Light” is an annual event in which lighting designers and specialists in the field of audiovisual art from around the world will transform the architectural appearance of the capital.
For several days in September, Moscow will once again turn into a center of attraction for light, colorful large-scale video projections will unfold on its iconic buildings, fabulous installations will illuminate the streets, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give unforgettable impressions and vivid emotions.
The festival, which began in 2011 with three small venues, becomes more vibrant and impressive every year. The number of platforms, the skill of visual effects, and the number of viewers who never tire of sharing their photos, videos and real emotions on social networks are growing. The festival's visual effects include streams of light, video projections, laser shows, light shows and pyrotechnic displays. Water and fire special effects are also used. The scale of the performances is also striking - in 2017 there was a show on the main building of Moscow State University named after. Lomonosov exceeded 40,000 square meters. This year, light shows will be shown at seven venues. The best video mapping masters will demonstrate their skills.
You can come and enjoy the performances for free - admission to all festival sites is free.
Program of the festival “Circle of Light 2018”»
The venues for the 2018 Light Festival in Moscow will be the Rowing Canal, Teatralnaya Square, Tsaritsyno, the Victory Museum, the Digital October Center and the MIR Concert Hall.
Grebnoy Canal (opening)
September 21 The opening of the festival will be the multimedia show “Carnival of Light”, which will combine the amazing capabilities of light and laser projections, choreography of fountains and fire, and grandiose pyrotechnic effects.
This time, a structure of 12-meter cubes will be erected along the spit of the Rowing Canal for video projections, over 250 straight and 35 rotating fountains will be placed on the water, and more than 170 fire burners of various modifications will be installed on the pontoons.
September 22, 23 The Moscow public will be able to see re-runs of the Carnival of Light.
Schedule
- September 21, 20:30-21:30 OPENING OF THE MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL “CIRCLE OF LIGHT” - MULTIMEDIA SHOW “CARNIVAL OF LIGHT”
- September 22, 20:30-21:30 MULTIMEDIA SHOW “CARNIVAL OF LIGHT”
- September 23, 20:30-21:30 MULTIMEDIA SHOW “CARNIVAL OF LIGHT”
How to get there
theatre square
This year Theater Square will use the facades of three theaters for light shows: Bolshoi, Maly and RAMT. The three buildings will allow for a panoramic 270-degree video projection.
During the festival, an allegorical light novel about Spartacus, the story of his struggle for personal freedom and spiritual liberation will be shown here. You will also be able to see two light shows from last year’s festival – “Celestial Mechanics” and “Timeless”, works by finalists of the international Art Vision competition in the “Classic” category.
Schedule
- September 21, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC SCREENINGS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BOLSH THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
- September 22, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC SCREENINGS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BOLSH THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
- September 23, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC SCREENINGS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BIG THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
- September 24, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC SCREENINGS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BIG THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
- September 25, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC SCREENINGS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADES OF: THE BOLSH THEATER, THE MARY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
How to get there: pl. Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad metro stations, Revolution Square, Teatralnaya
Tsaritsyno
This year in Tsaritsino the public will be treated to two new works that will be shown on the façade of the Great Tsaritsyno Palace: the story of the Phoenix bird “Palace of Wanderings” and an audiovisual performance about the world of the future.
Thanks to augmented reality technology, they can be easily counted using the cameras of mobile devices, on the screen of which animals will appear - possible inhabitants of the ecosystems of the future.
On September 24, a concert by People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Malikov will take place on the stage in front of the Grand Tsaritsyn Palace. The maestro's performance will be accompanied by video projections on the facade of the palace.
This year, the festival site in Tsaritsyno will become part of the program of the international Art Vision competition. The finalists of the competition in the “Modern” category will present their works on the façade of the palace.
Schedule
- September 21, 19:30–23:30
- September 22, 19:30–23:30
CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY - September 23, 19:30–23:30
CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY - September 24, 19:30–23:30
CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY - September 24, 20:00–21:00
PERFORMANCE BY DMITRY MALIKOV WITH VIDEO MAPPING AT THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE - September 25, 19:30–23:30
CYCLIC DISPLAYS OF VIDEO MAPPING ON THE FACADE OF THE GREAT TSARITSYN PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY
How to get there: st. Dolskaya, 1, metro station “Tsaritsyno”, “Orekhovo”.
Victory Museum
For the first time in the history of the Circle of Light, the festival site will be Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill. On the facade of the building, light novels will be shown dedicated to Russia’s military past, the city of Moscow, as well as fifteen-minute VJing to music and songs of the war years.
One of the video mapping works, “Designers of Victory,” is dedicated to the designers who glorified Russia. Their inventions became an achievement of world technical thought, and their participation in solving problems of creating defense equipment brought the victory of the Russian people closer in the Great Patriotic War. The light show consists of three parts dedicated to the navy, air force, armored vehicles and automobiles.
The second light show about Moscow - the heart of Russia. It will tell you how the lands and territories around the capital grew and united over the centuries. Viewers will take a journey over our vast homeland, see the nature of the Urals, Siberia and the Far East, admire the breadth of our rivers and the landscapes of Crimea.
Schedule
Daily from September 21 to 25: 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC VIDEO MAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FAÇADE OF THE VICTORY MUSEUM
How to get there: from the metro station “Park Pobedy” on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line to the museum, walk about 13 minutes. From the Kutuzovskaya metro station on the Filyovskaya line, you can get to the museum by passing 3 stops by buses No. 91, No. 840, No. 818, No. 205 or minibuses No. 506m, No. 10m, No. 474m (to the stop “Poklonnaya Gora”), and then walk through the park for 5 minutes.
Concert Hall "Mir"
On Saturday evening, in the Mir concert hall, fans of club music will be treated to an international light and music party - a competition between VJs from different parts of the world - competitors in the third category of the Art Vision competition - “VJing”.
Schedule
How to get there: Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 11, building 2, Trubnaya metro station, Tsvetnoy Boulevard
Digital October
As part of the educational program at the Digital October Center, leading lighting design and video projection experts from around the world will share their experience in implementing large-scale projects, talk about the pitfalls of the organizational process, and discuss technical innovations and current trends.
The program includes workshops, panel discussions and lectures.
Schedule
How to get there: emb. Bersenevskaya, 6, building 3, metro stations Kropotkinskaya, Polyanka
Rowing Canal (closure)
The closing of the festival will be dedicated to the cross year of Japan and Russia. Spectators of the final performance will be surprised by a 40-minute show of Japanese pyrotechnics, known throughout the world for its unique beauty and scale. It will involve large-caliber charges, and the opening diameter of the largest of them will reach almost 1 kilometer in the sky!
Schedule
21:30-22:15 CLOSING OF THE MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL “CIRCLE OF LIGHT” - MUSIC AND PYROTECHNIC SHOW ACCOMPANIED BY COLORFUL VIDEO MAPPING
How to get there: From the Molodezhnaya metro station take bus No. 229 to the “Grebnoy Canal” stop or bus No. 691 to the “Krylatsky Most” stop. From the Krylatskoye metro station, take bus No. 829 to the “Grebnoy Kanal” stop or trolleybus No. 19 to the “Krylatsky Most” stop.
Official website of the festival - https://lightfest.ru
The Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" will be held this year for the seventh time, it will take place from September 23 to 27. The organizers promise to make it the most spectacular event of the fall. The city will once again turn into a center of light attraction for several days: entire video performances will unfold on its most beautiful buildings, and fabulous installations will illuminate the streets. Many surprises await Muscovites and guests of the capital at all six venues, and this year the festival will also include new addresses.
The Ostankino Ponds area, Tsaritsyno Park, Theater Square, Stroginskaya Poima, as well as the Mir theater and concert hall and the Digital October center will become the main auditoriums of the festival. RG correspondents found out all the details.
The show will open in Ostankino, in honor of the tower’s half-century anniversary. The hero of the day will “try on” different images of famous skyscrapers. Every minute the tower will turn into the Parisian Eiffel Tower, the New York 103-story Empire State Building, or the Japanese Landmark Tower... Viewers will also be able to see the skyscrapers of Canada, the UAE, China, and Australia ... The image will cover the entire diameter of the tower, so that the show will be visible from afar.
Those who happen to be nearby will be able to see an extraordinary multimedia light show right on Ostankino Pond. Viewers will be transported to the fabulous Lavender Fields, to the foot of Niagara Falls, to the heart of Yellowstone Park and Bamboo Flute Cave, to experience the heat of the Sahara Desert or the refreshing breeze of the Great Barrier Reef. Guests of the festival will witness the mesmerizing power of the Fuji volcano, the immense depth of Lake Baikal, the endless beauty of the Ural Mountains and the captivating charm of Sakhalin Island. A breathtaking spectacle here will be the choreography of fountains and fire, as well as a pyrotechnic performance.
A special platform for an ice show will be installed on the pond, which will be shown by figure skaters.
With Circle of Light's growing popularity, new venues have joined the festival this year. The debutant of the festival will be the Maly Theater, the facade of which will be united by the plot with the Bolshoi Theater. “One story will smoothly move from one building to another,” says Vladimir Demekhin, creative director of the LBL Communication Group. Two light shows will be shown here: “Celestial Mechanics” - about loneliness and love, and “Timeless” - stories based on the works of Russian playwrights. Demekhin reminds that the Maly Theater carefully preserves the traditions of Russian theatrical art, therefore, from its facade, Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky himself, as the symbol and soul of the theater, will invite viewers on a journey through time. “On two facades there will be unique decorations created according to historical sketches, scenes from cult performances will unfold, and their authors will not miss the opportunity to present their work, talk to each other and even joke,” continues Demekhin.
The finale of the festival will be a grandiose fireworks display - the first 30-minute show of Japanese pyrotechnics in Russia. Photo: RIA News
In addition, the theaters will traditionally be able to see the works of the finalists of the international competition ART VISION Classic. Participants from all over the world will demonstrate new works of light art to the audience at the Bolshoi Theater in the Classic category and at the Maly Theater in the Modern category.
This palace and park ensemble in the south of Moscow will turn into a light stage during the festival. The audiovisual performance “Palace of Senses” will be shown on the building of the Grand Catherine Palace, and a mesmerizing light and music fountain show will take place on Tsaritsynsky Pond. Dozens of fountains will come to life to the music of works by Russian composers, making spectators part of a large water orchestra. During all days of the festival, the park will be decorated with amazing installations from the world's leading lighting designers, and there will also be performances by famous musicians. In particular, on September 24, the art group SOPRANO by Mikhail Turetsky will perform; on the remaining days, the unique vocals of the female group will be heard in recording, accompanied by video projections on the facade of the palace. On September 25, People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Malikov will give a concert in the park.
Theater and Concert Hall "Mir" and Digital October Center
Festival events will also take place at two indoor venues. On September 24 at 20.00 in the theater and concert hall "Mir" the audience will witness a competitive battle of the best light and music artists in the direction of vijing: teams from different countries will compete in the skill of creating light images to music. And those who are interested in exactly how this is done will be able to listen to free lectures by lighting designers and creators of laser installations on September 23 and 24 from 12.00 to 18.00 at the Digital October center.
One of the surprises awaits Muscovites and guests at the end of the festival. For the first time in Russia, a 30-minute Japanese fireworks display, which almost never travels around the world, will be presented. To do this, on September 27, barges with pyrotechnic installations will be installed on the water in the Stroginskaya floodplain. Japanese charges differ from ordinary ones in size - they are much larger, and each shot is made manually by specialists, due to which the pattern is individual. Light pictures will be revealed at an altitude of 500 meters, and the diameter of the light domes will be 240 meters.
Specifically
The international festival "Circle of Light" has been taking place in Moscow since 2011, and every year more and more guests come to see it: if in 2011 there were 200 thousand people, then in 2016 - already 6 million. There are also more and more performances, and their level is ever higher: last year on the facade of the main building of Moscow State University. M. Lomonosov, in particular, two new shows were presented, which had no analogues in the world in terms of scale and technical complexity. The Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" has set records and is already included in the Guinness Book of Records in two categories: "Largest video projection" (50,458 sq. m) and "Largest luminous flux power when projecting an image" (4,264,346 lumens).
By the way
As always, you can come and enjoy the performances for free - admission to all festival sites is free. Details can be found on the website lightfest.ru.