Entertainment | Music-based light storm makes comeback

A light storm returns to this year’s Venetian Carnevale as performers Amy Osborne, Fleur-Marie Hoefkins and Naomi Hunter join forces on stage to bring a show of pure electricity. The performance, also brought here by the Lords of Lightning, will feature three lightning towers in a combination of music, dance and lightning bolts, the performers revealed in an email interview.
The casino resort’s carnival, which will feature performances and other festive activities in The Venetian Macao’s outdoor lagoon area for the fifth consecutive year, runs from today until March 29. Sands China expressed in a statement that the “Venetian Light Storm”, which debuted here last year, is one of this Carnevale edition’s highlights, too.
The audience can expect to see three beings, dressed in chainmail suits, emerging completely surrounded by “the glow of electrical discharges,” the casino operator added.
Amy Osborne, Naomi Hunter and Fleur-Marie Hoefkins have all studied dance at Bath Spa University in England. Amy is an independent dance artist, teacher and performer who just recently completed her professional working experience at Disneyland Paris. Naomi is a contemporary dancer and is currently studying for a master of arts in dance, while Fleur-Marie, who earned her first degree in contemporary dance in 2007, has been performing with the Must-Dash dance group at Glastonbury festival.
Eager to amaze the crowds, the performers designed the choreography around the tempo of the music. “It drives the show from a slow pace of discovery on to a climactic ending,” the performers contributed.
The artists said that their equipment is now controlled by music via a computer, which allows them to improve the choreography and the show in general.
Speaking about the storyline, the performers clarified that the show will “be more music-based…The story follows three beings who realize they have the power within themselves to not only control lightning, but also to make music with it and to dance.”
The performers will be wearing chainmail suits for protection, as the show harnesses over 4 million volts of electricity.
“I started experimenting with lightning when I was very young. I finally decided to create a show from it, and performed for the first time in 2001 in my home country of New Zealand. Since then we have performed all over the world and still enjoy the thrill of exciting the audience,” said Carlos Van Camp, the creator of Lords of Lightning.