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Script:

The script for this unique production, whose focus is the love story between Pandora and Prometheus, was written by the famous and well-respected German author, director and actor Rufus Beck, together with the Turkish composer and musician Kader Kesek and the French art director and choreographer Manuel Joel Mandon.

 
Rufus Beck
 
Manuel Joel Mandon
 
Studio Marabout
 
Kader Kesek
 
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Choreography:

The choreography was developed under the direction of the renowned art director and choreographer Manuel Joel Mandon and his team (Anke Baerg, Thomas Knack, Suthinee Michalke, Veronika Zeiler) and the Creative Team. The dances draw inspiration from the seemingly boundless wealth of thousands of folkdance figures from Turkey to Israeli figures and from modern dance and classical ballet. The peoples of this rich and varied region have celebrated centuries of weddings and festivals with these dances. As one of Europe’s most experienced and renowned personalities in this field the dance ensemble is presided over by Manuel Joel Mandon, who has directed more than 600 dance productions.

 
   
Costumes::d

The internationally renowned Studio Marabout of Munich who have already been responsible for numerous large projects ranging from the cinema to live entertainment productions created more than 500 completely new costumes for Night of the Sultans Performing Pandora's Legend. The costumes were made in Turkey. Some are artistically based on traditional, historical patterns that are many centuries old, such as the costumes for the Black Sea Dance or for the entrance of the Protector of the Fire.

 
   
Music::

The famous Turkish composers Zeynel Demir and Mehmethan Disbudak, together with the successful Hollywood composer Udi Harpaz and Ron Klein from Tel Aviv composed the music for the entire show, under the direction of the German-Turkish musical coordinator Kader Kesek. Traditional folk tunes were also adapted and incorporated into the score. They are based on the style of the traditional, musical forms of Turkey, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Ukraine, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus and the region around the Black Sea. In addition, Arabic and Israeli elements have left their mark on the music of this dance theatre. The result is a uniquely oriental show. These musical influences from different cultures, some thousands of years old, are merged with the modern and avant-garde to make Night of the Sultans Performing Pandora's Legend a dance event like nothing seen before.

 
   
Special Effects:u

Pandora’s Legend, Night of the Sultans is proud to have accomplished a world’s first through its use of stunning 3D visual displays. These were created by the world class name of FIFTYEIGHT, twice a first prize winner at both Cannes Cyberlion and the New York film festival. FIFTYEIGHT is Europe's leading developer of 3D animations, character design and special effects for the production of films, music videos, TV commercials and interactive applications and other events. FIFTYEIGHTs achievements include the creation of three dimensional animations for such international brands as BMW, FIFA, MTV Europe, Nike, Sony and Toyota, and the company has also developed 3D movies, television commercials and music videos as well as interactive content, character design and special effects.
This unique project which has no counterpart in the world has been constructed on a grand scale. Some of the animated sequences have been created on the new Nitris system using 10,240 high resolution images. The Nitris system was developed by Avid, a world renowned company and combines the power of 20 computers to work on generating a single frame of animation, allowing the image of Zeus to appear on stage with the full magnificence of the stone statue of Hephaestus.

 
     
   
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