Friday Nov 17
09:30 –
10:20
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Drones on Broadway
Over the past year, 398 audiences of up to 2,000 people witnessed an octet of colorful lampshades perform an airborne choreography during Cirque du Soleil’s Broadway show Paramour, which ran until April 20th. The work behind the design and choreography of the flying lampshades, which turn out to be self-piloted show drones, bears the signature of the Swiss high-tech company Verity Studios. During their one-year run, the drones safely completed more than 7,000 autonomous take-offs, flights, and landings. How was that possible?
