This video is a decade old but depicts a really cool piece of drone theater. Fittingly, the scene opens a light maker tinkering at a workbench. Ten lamps come to life with theater magic and quadcoptors, no CGI. This makes me want a live theater version of Batteries Not Included! (Stick around past the credits for few shots behind the scenes.)

Via Cirque Du Soleil:

Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich, and Verity Studios have partnered to develop a short film featuring 10 quadcopters in a flying dance performance. The collaboration resulted in a unique, interactive choreography where humans and drones move in sync. Precise computer control allows for a large performance and movement vocabulary of the quadcopters and opens the door to many more applications in the future.

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