MJ and The Cirque du Soleil

    Zitat von Nik

    Ich meine mal von einem user gehört zu haben, dass die Shows auf DVD im onlineshop der jeweiligen Shows zu haben sind/waren.


    Als ich in Vegas war habe ich eine dieser DVDs gekauft und da sind ca. 5min Show und die restlichen Minuten Proben.

    :top Billie Jean


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    [CENTER]Some people like to sleep well and give.
    Some people like to eat well and take.
    I guess, I like to sleep well!
    Michael Jackson[/CENTER]

    'Immortal' suits Michael Jackson's spirit
    By Brian McCollum, USA TODAY
    Updated 20h 30m ago
    http://www.usatoday.com/life/m…ckson-immortal/50763148/1


    MONTREAL – There's a moment in Cirque du Soleil's Immortal show when the stage empties, the lights go down, and Michael Jackson's I'll Be There vocal gets the room to itself.
    It's a quiet, emotionally charged scene in a production that's brimming with razzle-dazzle, and Cirque's aerial artists return to the stage soon enough. But the message is poignant and clear: Jackson may not be around to perform, but there's still plenty of showmanship left in the King of Pop.


    Having premiered this month for a Montreal audience that included the late star's mother and his three children, the $60 million Immortal World Tour makes its U.S. debut Saturday at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena. The tour, which includes a December residency in Las Vegas, will wrap up its stateside run in July before heading overseas.


    Cirque, known for its imaginative nouveau circuses, boosted its pop-music credentials with productions such as The Beatles' Love and Viva Elvis.


    But Jackson fits Cirque like a hand in a sequined glove: With its whimsical spirit and high-flying elegance, Immortal celebrates an artist known for his own endless childhood and dreamy idealism.


    Immortal is less a biography than loosely linked scenes intended to "get inside of Michael's head and experience the world through his eyes," says director Jamie King, a dancer on Jackson's 1992 Dangerous tour.


    The day after the Montreal premiere, a beaming King recounts the creation of Immortal, Cirque's first concert-style show. The 40-truck tour caravan — three for costumes alone — rivals the scale of mega-tours by Madonna and Roger Waters.


    "Everything he did in performance was already so big. He made it so magical," King says. "I had the opportunity to really take it to another place, an even bigger spectacle."


    MJ is everywhere


    It's a feast of MJ imagery: Jackson, as an animatronic child, glides across the arena in a hot-air balloon. A costumed performer plays chimp Bubbles as a club DJ. The props are massive, the details exacting — down to outfits studded with Jackson's favorite Swarovski crystals.


    The set draws inspiration from the star's Neverland Ranch, in particular the Giving Tree, the backyard oak where Jackson retreated to write songs. A tree mockup is the set's sprawling centerpiece, a versatile hub for the 52 dancers, acrobats, contortionists and aerialists.


    Several elements designed for Jackson's ill-fated 2009 concerts are intact, including illuminated track suits for Billie Jean.


    At the heart of it all is Jackson's voice, featured in surround sound with a live ensemble that includes several players from his old concert bands.


    Epic Records has set a Nov. 21 release for the Immortal album. Like the show, the album features vocal tracks from Jackson's original session tapes, wrapped in new arrangements.


    That meant cracking open some of the most valuable master tapes of the 20th century.


    "It was a little tough," says Epic chief L.A. Reid. "These tapes are precious, and it's not something you tamper with lightly. But the integrity of the songs is still intact. None of us can know what Michael would or wouldn't like, but my guess is that he would love this."


    Behind the scenes at Immortal, Jackson's imprint is inescapable. Dancers born years after Thriller talk of the honor in representing him. Longtime colleagues speak in reverent tones.


    If this isn't a Michael Jackson tour, it's the closest you're going to get. A family-reunion vibe dominates backstage, bustling with MJ associates such as choreographer Travis Payne, props designer Michael Curry and costume designer Zaldy Goco.


    A near-perfect match


    Immortal was born of mutual inspiration in 2010. As Jackson's estate brainstormed live-show concepts, the call came from Montreal: Cirque wanted to create a Jackson spectacular.


    Cirque and Jackson were no strangers. The singer toured the company's Montreal headquarters in 2003 and took his kids to see Cirque's Mystère in Las Vegas a year before his death.


    Still, the estate had its own conditions — namely, that the show emphasize dance and enlist Jackson's creative associates.


    "We had a lot of confidence in Cirque. They've created some of the best shows ever made," says estate co-executor John Branca. "But Cirque also has a lot of shows, and we wanted to make sure this was going to be a Michael Jackson show."


    Fifteen die-hard fans were invited in for feedback as the show progressed. The result: a production that is likely to satisfy the most discerning devotees while pleasing mainstream fans.


    And you can thank a body of work that just might be, well, immortal.


    "Michael lives on," King says. "Maybe not physically. But certainly his influence, his energy, will never die."



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    :top Big shoes: Another elaborate set features giant two-tone shoes reminiscent of Billie Jean



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    [CENTER]Some people like to sleep well and give.
    Some people like to eat well and take.
    I guess, I like to sleep well!
    Michael Jackson[/CENTER]

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    They Don't Care About Us (mit neuem part)
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