This week, the English troop Pyro 2000 offered us a fairly good pyromusical show. And this time, I was looking at the performance with headphones from the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, the closest point to La Ronde.
My personal thought about this week's competition; I would say that it was a very linear spectacle that had from time to time an uneven relationship between visual and music (sometimes the visual were breathtaking but the musical selection lacking a powerful theme and connection, or that the music emotional charge was not reflected in the choice of explosives. Thus there was a lack of balance in the presentation.
The beginning was quite efficient and well orchestrated. Thus, strong start by Pyro 2000 but the second piece was quite weak, maybe too subtle, which made disconnect from the magic they had us begin with.
There was a great selection of different era and style of music, which was a positive point for the English team. It was quite nice to hear a French Ode in an English spectacle. That specific transition between tableaux was quite rough or seemed to me awkward; firework explosions but no music to accompany them.
The team showed some good qualities and potential but needs more experiences to win this competition. Good luck to them.
Cheers, |