The Little Girl Giant

Created by Royal De Luxe, a french troup of street puppeteers, this giant little girl marionette is animated by a dozen puppeteers and a crane. And if you think the little girl is tall, her elephant is on the same relative scale and almost reaches the 4th floor, and weights as much as 7 african elephants. Both are part of Royal De Luxe latest spectacle called The Sultan's Elephant, or in french "La Visite du Sultan des Indes sur son Éléphant à voyager dans le Temp".


In the year 1900, a humble engineer began work on the construction of a prodigious elephant which could travel throught Time. The reason was this: His Sultan was haunted by a vision of a young girl moving through time...

The scale of the puppets and the humans makes me think of Gulliver's Travels, the animation in the eyes of the little girl is amazing, and the whole Jule Verne inspired spectacle is absolutely incredible. The Sultan's Elephant was performing in London last month, but will continue touring in Europe until the end of the year. I would love to see it in person.