{"id":870,"date":"2020-04-08T19:33:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ablanckcanvas.com\/?post_type=astra-portfolio&p=870"},"modified":"2021-11-30T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T23:03:58","slug":"national-day-48-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"astra-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ablanckcanvas.com\/projects\/national-day-48-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day 48 – Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Late 2019, we flew twelve charming Camel puppets and one giant Horse puppet to Abu Dhabi for the Official 48th UAE National Day Celebration; \u201cLegacy of Our Ancestors\u201d. The show itself, produced by Betty Productions was rich in cultural Emirati heritage, bursting with imagination, inventiveness and proved to be a complex, sophisticated audio-visual experience.<\/p>

The team at A Blanck Canvas built a 5-metre-long, 3.5-metre-tall behemoth horse which was bought to life by 5 talented puppeteers and performed to a sold-out audience of 20,000.\u00a0<\/p>

The horse was constructed with lightweight framing and sculpted foam, as well as being hand-painted with a wood grain finish.<\/p>

The horse was engineered to have addressable ears, tail and eyelids, as well as a fluid mane and tail which effortlessly flowed as it trotted, bowed and reared on its hind legs.<\/p>

We also built twelve loveable 2.5-metre-long camel puppets. They were operated by 36 Emirati performers and wandered the 10,000 square meter parametric stage before the show creating an exciting buzz within the crowds.<\/p>

The camels were again constructed with lightweight framing and sculptured foam, as well as being hand-painted with a wood grain finish.<\/p>

They had integrated eyelids, half-rotation ears and tail mechanisms which were activated by the puppeteers.<\/p>

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