La grande illusion - spectacle Arfi

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LA GRANDE ILLUSION The grand Illusion is a show that is musical in its progression, magical in its effects, hypocritical in its dramatic art, and without words, or very few.
All the music (original) is performed live by a band of twelve musicians, who appear and disappear according to needs : the orchestrations, for a large group or for smaller ones, depend on the " tricks ", though sometimes it’s the other way round and the tricks have been tuned to the mysteries of the music from which they took their inspiration.
Abdul Alafrez’s protean magic (he appears on stage as large as life) is constantly present : visual illusions created by theatrical devices and special lighting, close-ups, shifting instruments, properties, hangings, costumes... The magic is also present in the musical compositions, which are sometimes played for they own sake, without any other " effects "than those suggested by their structure.
The precision of Jean-Paul Delore’s stagecraft (he is the first spectator and the first to be taken in !) puts all this in perspective without any ado - the illusion in all its forms, with its schisms, phantasms and constant chicanery - thus creating a world of sound, gestures, sleights of hand, and also " moons made of green cheese ", " under your very nose ", " not seen, not caught ", and " no one will be any the wiser "...
And, as always, the most impressive effects with the most delicate of miniatures, the presence of Arfi’s music, true to itself, lively, and to the point.
After scores of concerts in France, La Grande Illusion gets to meet foreign audiences, noticeably in the Berlin Jazz Festival in 2003 and in Francfort Festival in 2004.

Lucia Recio :: voice
Jean-François Charbonnier :: tuba
Jean Mereu :: trumpet
Patrick Charbonnier :: trombone
Xavier Garcia :: sampler
Jean Bolcato :: double bass
Jean-Paul Autin, Philippe Gilbert, Guy Villerd :: saxophons
Michel Boiton, Christian Rollet, Alfred Spirli :: drums, percussions

Abdul Alafrez :: magician

Régie générale et lumières :: Jean-Marc François
sound manager :: Bernard Gousset
stage manager :: Alexis Quinet

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PRESS CUTS
The visual illusions are striking and always carry some kind of poetry... we're left speechless, all the more because Jean-Paul Delore, in order to orchestrate all this magic, devised playlets sometimes funny, sometimes melancholic, sometimes strange, almost surrealistic.
(Hebdoscope, 27th November 2002)

"La Grande Illusion" is a flabbergasting show. Journeying from dream to magic, all marvel at the musicians and magician Abdul Alafrez tour de force…"
(Ouest France, 1st June 2002)

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