Street Harmonics

the Siren Orchestra cavalcading through the town

The Siren Orchestra, dressed up to the nines in its exuberant colours, cavalcades through the town on two prancing vehicles, drawing the audience to it like a modern-day Pied Piper. 

This polyphonic parade rolls through the streets spreading joy, delight and laughter as it goes. The locomotives, designed by Mécanique Vivante, dance to the rhythm of the music like gangsta lowriders, thanks to a system of compressed air. It’s a jubilant, captivating sight, guaranteed to raise smiles.

A potent blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary, the real world with the mecatronic world of Mécanique Vivante.

a polyphonic parade punctuated with spectacular encounters

A stunning vista, a luxuriant park, a magnificent building; canals and dimly-lit streets running down to the docks; concrete jungle and industrial heartland: every city has its architectural and historical legacy that provides the backdrop to daily life.

At Mécanique Vivante, we like shaking up the perceived view, staging tailor-made shows in contexts as surprising as they are varied - in ports and inland & coastal waterways; in urban & industrial landscapes; in sites of outstanding architectural or natural beauty as well as UNESCO world heritage sites. Buildings become decor, town squares become auditoria, streets and canals become the stage, and the itinerant Siren Orchestra creates the link.

Along the way, virtuoso musicians in spectacular settings: Sirenium solo at the street corner - duet of giant-belled trombones – a death-defying leap from a guitarist high above the crowd – a virtuoso percussionist on orchestral tympani - a flying chainsaw triggering a foghorn.

With thirty years of artistic development, stagecraft and experience, Mécanique Vivante creates exceptional, memorable events in close collaboration with the organiser.

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