It didn't take me long time to think when I was told about "the fate of cysalion". It was clear to me: I want to see that. First, I watched the traile and even that short peace left me stunned. The pictures created a fantastic atmosphere, almost like it would take me to a new-hogwarts resembling world. It made me even more curious and I couldn't wait to see more.
And I was right: The great film sequences in between kept the promise of the trailer and also the parts on the stage where of remarkable quality.
To describe it with one word: It was magical - not only the story itself: a vivid fairytale about a long forgotten past in which lovely and lively characters take the audience on a journey through Cysalion.
For me, magic is defined as:
I can't believe what I see right in front of my eyes.
The question "how is that even possible" was my company during the whole time I watched the spectacle.
How is a team, consisting of such a low number of members compared to the big studios, able to organize such a great project? How can voices be so accurate and touching, melodies so exhilarating, dances so overwhelming and a whole play so engaging? How can a story tell so much in such a short period of time? And how come, the group can answer all those questions and more as good as it is capable of raising them in the audience's minds? The only thing I can tell is what I experienced: Passion, pure fire and energy. A common believe in a huge thing that everyone enjoys to be a part of. And joy is what I felt as well, when I got the honor to watch the result. Even though I had an idea of the magical powers of some of their members in advance, the show exceeded all my expectations. I almost got the impression, that the team told two stories in parallel: One fictional and one which presented the team and all their work. It made me admire the actors and presented work behind the scene subtly but evidently. My imagination added pictures of the singers in the recording studio, the composer in front of his piano, the designers with pen and paper and working on their sewing machines, the visual effect wizard working on the raw material, the dancers practicing the choreography and last but not least the actors laughing throughout their journey, discovering the world they made up themselves, to the visible scenarios on the screen. In the beginning I felt the story was told with high speed because of the switches between movie and stage parts and the high amount of information given to the audience in the beginning. So I almost assumed it was some kind of summary of past events before the real story started but it turned out that I just had to get used to that element which was unknown to me up to that point and very interesting to experience. I also had to get used to the singers voices because at some points I had to think twice, which voice belongs to the character. In other cases I couldn't distinguish the singing from the speaking voice. I'm afraid I lost some parts of the stories because I got so distracted by all the visual attractions. But after all, the important elements were presented with enough comprehensibility so it was no problem to get the main ideas and put it into the frame it was meant to be in. I am glad I had the chance to watch that masterpiece and really hope for everyone who missed it that they will get it, too.
How is a team, consisting of such a low number of members compared to the big studios, able to organize such a great project? How can voices be so accurate and touching, melodies so exhilarating, dances so overwhelming and a whole play so engaging? How can a story tell so much in such a short period of time? And how come, the group can answer all those questions and more as good as it is capable of raising them in the audience's minds? The only thing I can tell is what I experienced: Passion, pure fire and energy. A common believe in a huge thing that everyone enjoys to be a part of. And joy is what I felt as well, when I got the honor to watch the result. Even though I had an idea of the magical powers of some of their members in advance, the show exceeded all my expectations. I almost got the impression, that the team told two stories in parallel: One fictional and one which presented the team and all their work. It made me admire the actors and presented work behind the scene subtly but evidently. My imagination added pictures of the singers in the recording studio, the composer in front of his piano, the designers with pen and paper and working on their sewing machines, the visual effect wizard working on the raw material, the dancers practicing the choreography and last but not least the actors laughing throughout their journey, discovering the world they made up themselves, to the visible scenarios on the screen. In the beginning I felt the story was told with high speed because of the switches between movie and stage parts and the high amount of information given to the audience in the beginning. So I almost assumed it was some kind of summary of past events before the real story started but it turned out that I just had to get used to that element which was unknown to me up to that point and very interesting to experience. I also had to get used to the singers voices because at some points I had to think twice, which voice belongs to the character. In other cases I couldn't distinguish the singing from the speaking voice. I'm afraid I lost some parts of the stories because I got so distracted by all the visual attractions. But after all, the important elements were presented with enough comprehensibility so it was no problem to get the main ideas and put it into the frame it was meant to be in. I am glad I had the chance to watch that masterpiece and really hope for everyone who missed it that they will get it, too.