Luc Petit

Luc Petit (born 1962) is a Belgian designer, artistic director and creator of shows, events, exhibitions and museum spaces.

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• Show by luc petit creation under the artistic direction of franco dragone imfera artistic group
• D crocher la lune luc petit franco dragone
• Shows
• References

He began his training in television directing. He studied cinematography at the IAD in Louvain-la-Neuve. After that he began to work at No Télé (a local television station in Tournai). During this audiovisual involvement, he met Jean Michel Jarre, Jean Rochefort and Gérard Depardieu.

Luc Petit has collaborated with organisations in the entertainment and event industry including the festival "Juste pour Rire", Cirque du Soleil, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Disney.

He worked for Franco Dragone for many years, working on productions including Décrocher la lune, the Disney Cinema Parade, and the opening ceremony of EuroFoot 2000 in Brussels.

Since 2010 he has been associated with Anne Roelandt. They have made shows and events in many countries.

In 2012, Luc Petit and his team conceptualized the musical, inspired by the story of Peter Pan, mixing dance, singing, acrobatics, lighting effects and videos. This show was the biggest video mapping show for arenas. He is now touring all around the world and has been welcomed by hundreds of thousands of showgoers in Europe, Dubai and Singapore.

In 2014, he created Texas Aggies go to war, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. The show, was awarded the Trophée de l'Evénement Exceptionnel in Cannes.

In 2015, he designed and directed "Inferno", a show made for the opening ceremony of the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, for which he received the "Best Creative Director" award at the EuBEA Festival in Sevilla. The celebration events in Waterloo, made in collaboration with Vo Communication and Verhulst&Partners, were also given the Best cultural event award, the best public event and the European best event award 2015.

A couple of months later, he directed the biggest urban opera in the world, Décrocher la Lune; there are more than 35000 people in a one-kilometer stage in La Louvière, Belgium. For this, he was awarded at the BEA Festival with a Silver Award. He also received at the EUBEA Festival the golden award for Best Cultural Event and Best Ceremony Event, a silver award for the Best European Event 2016 and a bronze award for Luc Petit CREATION as an event agency. In April 2017, He received an award for the Best show in the category "Live Event Spectacular on a Limited Budget" at the Themed Entertainement Association gala.

His works goes beyond national borders and his career is internationally well-known. At this time, Luc Petit is developing different projects for Wanda Group Entertainment in China.