"Michael Jackson One" by CdS in Las Vegas

One' depicts pop star's media ties

One zeigt die Medienbeziehung des Popstars

Cirque du Soleil's new "Michael Jackson One" show plans to tap into the pop star's years of being hounded by tabloid journalists.
Cirque du Soleil`s neue Show "Michael Jackson One" plant die Jahre zu erschließen in denen der Pop-Star von Boulevard-Zeitungsjournalisten gejagt wurde.

Robotlike characters dressed in black trenchcoats will be known as "Tabloid Junkies," from Jackson's 1995 unreleased song of the same name. They made their debut with other dancers during Thursday's unveiling of the show's title and logo at a news conference at Mandalay Bay.s w
Roboterhafte Charaktere in schwarzen Trenchcoats gekleidet werden zu "Tabloid Junkies" von Jackson`s unveröffentlichten (Fehler vom Autor) Song aus 1995. Sie machten ihr Debut mit anderen Tänzern während der Enthüllung des Show-Titels und Logos am Donnerstag.

Previews of the show start May 23. The grand opening is set for June 29 in the 1,800-seat theater.

Welby Altidor, Cirque's director of creation, said, "We wanted to do a tongue-in-cheek" reference to add a darker force that "talks about his relationship with the media."
Welby Altidor, Cirque`s Entwicklungsdirektor sagt " Wir wollen eine Referenz zu einer dunkleren Kraft hinzufügen "Gespräche über seine Beziehung zu den Medien"

The recurring lyrics of the song go: "Just because you read it in the magazine or see it on the TV screen don't make it factual."
Die wiederkehrenden Lyriks des Songs lauten: " Nur weil Du es in einem Magazin liest oder auf dem TV-Bildschirm siehst, macht es dies nicht zu Fakten".

Another group of singers, described by Altidor as "our Greek chorus," will represent all the different energies and influences of Jackson, "and we will recognize that through their costumes."

The 63 artists representing 17 nationalities will include acrobats from all over the world and three dance crews: the Art Farmers from Korea, a girl group known as ReQuest from New Zealand and 787 Crew from Puerto Rico.

Dancers called the MJ Warriors will "create the first line of defense for Michael," Altidor said.

Another act he is convinced will be a crowd pleaser will be the slack-line artists.

"It's a completely new discipline that's been emerging on the urban front. Imagine an elastic line attached to poles. The artists bounce and do acrobatics on it, really cool tricks. It's really popular with youngsters around the word."

He said the song "Dirty Diana," which wasn't in the touring Jackson show "The Immortal," will feature a Las Vegas pole dancer named Jeanine.

"The twist," Altidor said, "will be a twisted pole like no one's ever seen. It's like those straws that are twisted."

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Hier etwas von Kevin Antunes zu den Klangerlebnissen

With full access from John Branca and the Michael Jackson Estate to the musician’s library of master recordings, musical director Kevin Antunes made sure to showcase the intricate layers that often get lost in a song’s final cut. For example, the theater's front speakers play Jackson’s lead vocals, while the headrest's speakers in each seat swoon with his background vocals, giving attendees the experience of being in the recording studio with Jackson himself.
Mit vollen Zugriff auf die Master-Recordings wird Kevin Antunes sicherstellen, dass die komplizierten Schichten, die im Final Cut eines Liedes verloren gehen präsentiert werden.Zum Beispiel spielen die Frontlautsprecher Jacksons Gesang, während die Kopfstützen-Lautsprecher in jedem Sitzseinem Background-Gesang wiedergeben, so dass die Besucher die Erfahrung des Seins im Tonstudio mit Jackson selbst machen.

"You're not listening to a CD or an MP3, you're listening to the raw audio of these master recordings in their full complete embodiment – you're hearing it in a way that only Michael and his engineers had heard it when they had done [it]," says Antunes, who has also overseen the music for Justin Timberlake, Rihanna and Madonna, including her Super Bowl halftime gig. "What is true mastery is when you listen to his background vocals while his lead vocal is singing. If he was in the studio and he had his headphones on and he's recording layer after layer of background vocals, it's the things that he's doing while he's listening to his lead on his background track: he's snapping, and he might ghost some of the lyrics, he could whisper some of the lyrics. Hearing that stuff, that's the kind of stuff that I'd want the fans to get a chance to hear, and I contour some of the arrangements so that some of those things can be highlighted, because it gives you a true look into the artistry of this incredible entertainer. And nobody gets to really hear that except in this theater

"Sie hören nicht auf einen CD oder einem MP3-Player, Du hörst den rohen Ton dieser Master-Aufnahmen in voller komplette Ausführung - Sie hören es in einer Weise, wie nur Michael und seine Ingenieure es gehört haben, wenn sie es aufgenommen haben ", sagt Antunes, der auch die Musik hat sich für Justin Timberlake, Rihanna und Madonna betreut, darunter ihre super Bowl Halbzeit Gig. "Was die wahre Meisterschaft ist, wenn man seinem Background-Gesang hört, während er die Hauptstimme singt.. Wenn er im Studio war und er hatte seine Kopfhörer auf, und er Schicht um Schicht Aufnahmen von Background-Gesang gemacht, dann sind die Dinge, die er machte, während er seinen Hauptgesang auf den Kopfhörern hörte: er schnappte, und er könnte ein Gespenst bei einigen Lyriks konnte dieTexte flüstern, das sind die Sachen von denen ich möchte, dass die Fans, eine Chance bekommen sie zu hören, und ich konturieren einige der Arrangements, so dass einige dieser Dinge hervorgehoben werden , denn es gibt Ihnen einen wahren Einblick in die Kunstfertigkeit dieses unglaublichen Entertainers und niemand bekommt das wirklich hören außer in diesem Theater.

Ich würde es mir gern einmal vor Ort ansehen können..... aber, das wird wohl nie etwas werden.

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Michael Jackson's Hologram Rocks Las Vegas Arena...

It only seems fitting that Michael Jackson, The Man who brought the world “Thriller,” was resurrected on a Las Vegas stage late Thursday night—in the form of a hologram.
The moment occurred toward the end of the first public performance of Michael Jackson ONE, a joint venture between Cirque du Soleil and Jackson’s estate. The singer’s apparition materialized from a cloud of gold pixie dust and proceeded to deliver a rousing rendition of “Man In The Mirror.”
Der Moment kam gegen Ende des ersten öffentlichen Auftritts von Michael Jackson ONE, ein Joint Venture zwischen Cirque du Soleil und Jacksons Nachlass. Der Sänger erschien aus einer Wolke von Gold und Feenstaub und fuhr fort, eine mitreißende Wiedergabe von "Man in the mirror" zu liefern.
Throughout the song, Jackson’s hologram stomps around the stage as a coterie of backup dancers swirl around him, moving in unison like a school of fish with one illusory leader. The phantom Jackson even executes a move that involves dropping to one knee and getting back up; he’s briefly transformed into a Jackson 5 era version of himself before evaporating at the song’s end.
When Jackson first appeared onstage, you could feel a swell of energy ripple through the sellout crowd at Mandalay Bay. It wasn’t accompanied by the volume level of some of the show’s other big moments, almost as if the audience was holding its collective breath to keep from shattering the fleeting sliver of hope that this was not an illusion, but the King of Pop himself.
Als Jackson auf der Bühne erschien konnte man eine Energie durch die Menge im ausverkauftem Haus im Mandalay Bay fühlen. Es wurde nicht von der Lautstärke begleitet von einigen anderen großen Momenten der Show, fast so, als wenn das Publikum den Atem anhielt, um den flüchtigen Splitter der Hoffnung zu erhalten, dass es sich nicht um eine Illusion handelt, sondern um den King of Pop selbst

That’s the same sort of reaction that Tupac Shakur’s hologram received when it debuted at Coachella last year. Indeed, similar technology was used for both (technically, they’re illusions, not holograms). But Jackson’s actually danced and overlapped with cohorts onstage; Shakur’s merely rapped in the direction of Snoop Dogg, who was standing ten feet away.
Much was made of Shakur’s spectral return and the possibility of a hologram tour, yet nothing of the sort has progressed beyond rumor. Shortly after Jeff Jampol (who serves as a consultant to the Jackson estate) took over management of Shakur’s estate, he downplayed the likelihood of a solo tour for the rapper.
The illusory Jackson, on the other hand, is just one cog in a vast postmortem performance machine. The Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour grossed $160 million in it its initial leg, tops among all North American tours last year.
The new Vegas-based show will be hard-pressed to match Immortal’s results, given that it’s based in a 1,800-seat venue, while the latter fills up basketball arenas.
But if last night was any indication, ONE is headed in the right direction: according to sources close to the matter, all performances are sold out through the end of May at an average ticket price of about $125.
Für die neue Vegas-Show wird es hart sein die Immortal-Resultate zu schlagen, da sie auf eine 1800-Platz-Arena beschränkt ist, während die andere Basketball-Arenas füllt.
Aber wenn die letzte Nacht ein Hinweis ist, geht ONE in die richtige Richtung, bezugnehmend auf nahe Quellen sind alle Vorstellungen bis Ende Mai ausverkauft mit einem durchschnittl. Ticket-Pries von 125 Dollar.
The King of Pop pulled in $145 million in 2012—and now with two Cirque du Soleil shows and a hologram, this year’s number should stay in the stratosphere.