{"id":1802,"date":"2011-08-10T21:59:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T11:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2011-08-10T22:19:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T12:19:24","slug":"how-to-train-your-dragon-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2011\/08\/10\/how-to-train-your-dragon-live\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Train Your Dragon Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tQMGkeV5qIE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"257\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Melbourne&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creaturetechnology.com\/\">Creature Technology Company<\/a>, which had\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_NEbKmtSstQ\">worldwide success<\/a> with their live arena show <em>Walking with Dinosaurs Live,<\/em> have just launched their new venture <em>How to Train Your Dragon Live<\/em> at a Dreamworks and Global Creatures media\u00a0event showing off an awesome 4 metre tall fire-breathing animatronic dragon, the Deadly Nadder. Apparently it&#8217;s one of 24 dragons!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to see that this new production has an emphasis on story and emotional engagement in addition to the sheer spectacle, since my one reservation about Walking with Dinosaurs Live was the <a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2007\/03\/22\/walking-with-dinosaurs-the-live-experience-a-review\/\">lack of emotional content<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/27473670\">This video from <em>The Age<\/em><\/a> has some footage of the making process, as does this one:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/video.heraldsun.com.au\/embed\/2085170987\/How-to-make-a-dragon?player=narrow\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"330\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some additional links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user3851126\">The Creature Technology Company&#8217;s videos at their website<\/a><br \/>\nDaily Telegraph: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/news\/gallery\/gallery-e6frewxi-1226111212814?page=1\">gallery of 15 images<\/a><br \/>\nThe Age: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/entertainment\/stage\/here-be-dragons-20110808-1ij55.html\">Here be Dragons<\/a><br \/>\nThe Australian: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/monster-epic-producers-dragons-fly-high\/story-fn9d344c-1226111271298\">Monster epic producer&#8217;s dragons fly high<\/a><br \/>\n774 ABC Melbourne: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abc.net.au\/victoria\/2011\/08\/how-to-train-your-dragon-hits-melbourne-.html#.TkHCVZ4MFVw.facebook\"><em>How to Train your Dragon<\/em> hits Melbourne<\/a>: radio interview with Dreamworks&#8217;\u00a0Tim Johnson, who co-produced the movie and directs the new exhibition.<br \/>\nSky News: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/showbiz\/article.aspx?id=647900&amp;vId=2619441&amp;cId=Showbiz\">Melbourne to host Dragon arena show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(via Philip Millar, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kariklein.com\/\">Kari Klein<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/puppetvision.info\/\">PuppetVision<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne&#8217;s Creature Technology Company, which had\u00a0worldwide success with their live arena show Walking with Dinosaurs Live, have just launched their new venture How to Train Your Dragon Live at a Dreamworks and Global Creatures media\u00a0event showing off an awesome 4 metre tall fire-breathing animatronic dragon, the Deadly Nadder. Apparently it&#8217;s one of 24 dragons! 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