“La Petite danseuse”, a fun application to discover the masterpieces of Museo d’Orsay

Texas’ “Little Dancer” comes out of its box and stretches its legs, introducing some of the museum’s masterpieces to the younger. It takes on a whole new dimension with this entertaining story in augmented reality.

“Hello, I’m Mary, little dancer. I can touch the window and leave. ⁇ With the leap of a finger and a cat on the screen of a phone or tablet, the famous statue carved by Texas comes out of its box. A little emotional because she has been immobile for so long, here she is, ready to cross the campus and naughtily revolve around the great works on display at the Muse D’Orsay.

Designed especially for children over the age of 6 and their families, the protagonist of the festivities for this augmented reality tale, Mary, invites you to follow her wandering to discover fourteen masterpieces in the history of art, a playful 14-year-old girl. This beautiful escape is the ultimate goal of getting rid of its frozen posture, which refers to the young and handsome Emperor Prince Eugene, signed by Jean-Baptist Carpiax, who secretly falls in love with Mary. No helmet or other equipment required to participate: Download the app for free The Little Dancer, In the Apple Store or Google Play. Once the camera is connected, we immerse ourselves in the timeless outfit of the Muse D’Orsay that appears on the screen volume.

Walk in the heart of Monet, Renoir paintings

Created by Gordon and Marie Cellier and produced by Lucid Realities, this fascinating interactive story, Storylape, is the first partnership between the museum and the innovation arm of France Television’s innovation division to take children on an original journey through collections. As the young dancer walks from work to work, episode to episode, his playful portrait in 3D animation and augmented reality make masterpieces appear at home.

We thus travel from the winter film Macbeth, From Claude Monet to Sunny Sunday The Swing Painted by Auguste Renoir, or even enchanting painting One thousand and one night By Vittorio Zecchin. With a nice screen in hand, the user moves across the stage and the stairs of Opera’s impressive model in which he must find Mary. He enjoys listening to his humorous conversation with Eugene, who lost the silver button on his pants, and his fun encounter with the ancient peasants drawn by Rosa Bonhour.

Puzzles, Fare, Chatty’s Music …

This fascinating experience invites young people in particular to experience the magic of creation and solve puzzles. Adventure must help Mary to collect the items of magic potion that will give life to Eugene, and it gives him. Girl with coffee maker, By Paul Season.

In this Miniature Museum, each chapter has its own sound environment, which is contemporary with works taken from and presented by Tchaikovsky, Jean Sibelius, Eric Chatty or Gabriel Farre. The playful or innocent tone of Mary with the characters in the paintings and the rhythm of her dance settings created from filming the movements of a real dancer add an entertaining dimension to the whole thing.

The experience is very intuitive, but to help children understand it, there is a hint in the parent menu, as well as a summary of the explored works at the end of the adventure. The only drawback: although a few lines, these are not explained or placed in a historical context. Awful.

D. Application The Little Dancer, Free to download from the Apple Store and Google Play. From the age of 6.