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Man In The Music is truly a wonderful gift. The book enables me to discover the magic that I didn't hear before. Michael's music is truly works of arts. Btw, I love Vancouver, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I've been to Vancouver twice.You are welcome, love is magical. I love reading your post. You always express yourself so eloquently. I seldom post but I read a lot of the thread and followed the trial everyday. My husband thought I was crazy and my kids know that I am nuts about Michael. The book "Man in the Music" is a birthday gift from my 8 years old birthdayAnd yes, Vancouver also participated in one of the biggest group of Thrill the World on Halloween and it was amazing!
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DWTS performance was awesomeeeee!!!
I just have to say one thing....The Billie Jean performance in the Cirque show was probably one of my absolute favourites....I could envision how Michael's performance would have been...wearing the lit up LED suit...Even just watching the Cirque performers doing that bit was incredible...I could imagine adding Michael's quick, swift, smooth dances moves, infused with his inevitable magic touch would have been truly out of this world...I both cried and smiled at this time, not quite sure what to feel, seeing these dancers doing what Michael was going to do for TII, ...the Cirque performers at least brought it to fruition, and performed by several of them, respecting the sacredness of Michael as a solo dancer, to give us a glimpse of what we could have seen Michael do...
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I agree that you can just picture Michael himself in that Billie Jean outfit. That would have been amazing. I find it hard to see others do Michael's moves. I loved the show but it's still hard not to feel sad. We miss him.
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I went to the Immortal show and I watched DWTS and while watching them both my heart just burst with pride for Michael. His music and his dance moves are timeless and classic. In a few years we won't be able to remember what they are singing or how they are dancing today but I know for sure we will remember Michael. God really did break the mold.
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Michael on the cover of MLife Magazine Fall 2011.
I have this magazine.
This isn't off topic, is it?
I have this magazine.
This isn't off topic, is it?
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The Giving Tree still doesn't have the branches. What's going on?
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The show I went to didn't have a Giving Tree AT ALL....
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I hope they repair the tree ASAP. I saw some comments on ticketmaster. Some said they couldn't see the actions on stage because of the absence of the tree. I guess if their seats were too close to the stage, their views might be affected.
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LONG LIVE THE KING
http://www.registerguard.com/web/en...1/jackson-cirque-tour-michael-sposit.html.csp
Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson tribute beats it to Eugene
By Serena Markstrom
The Register-Guard
Published: (Friday, Nov 11, 2011 05:00AM) Midnight, Nov. 11
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Unless you want to travel, Tuesday is your only chance to experience “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour,” presented by Cirque du Soleil and the late King of Pop’s estate.
This show, which debuted Oct. 2 at Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal, is planned to run for about three years and it is unlikely to return to Eugene, a tour publicist said.
As previously reported, the Wednesday show has been canceled. Cirque officials cited a need for an additional day to tear down sets before the show moves on to Portland for back-to-back performances on Nov. 18 and Nov. 19.
A third Portland show, on Nov. 20, also was canceled for the same reason.
“Unfortunately, we’ve created a show a little bigger than what we previously planned,” tour publicist Maxime Charbonneau said by phone last week. “In order to set up safely and remove every*thing, we had to cut a few shows on our tour plan.
“It was not reasonable to think we could do everything in the time we had in between cities, and do it safely, not only for the technicians but for the artists performing on stage every night.”
If the show is bigger than planned, well, that could end up a fortunate turn of events for those who go see this production, written and directed by Jamie King. Cirque debuted in this market in June with one of its more iconic productions, “Dralion.”
The Michael Jackson show joins the Beatles and Elvis Presley as other pop icons who have had Cirque productions centered around their legendary careers and bodies of work.
“It’s huge blast of weird,” declares a complimentary review of the Michael Jackson show posted on www.edmontonsun.com on Nov. 2, “from the one-legged break-dancer to the people dancing on the walls to a giant glove doing the moondance to the giant boots doing the moondance to the squad of bat creatures in the graveyard to the giant floating wire animals to the flying dancing couples to the battalion of dancing metal golems.
“In short, Michael Jackson would’ve felt right at home.”
Another review, however, posted about the same show in the Edmonton Journal, says the $60 million show lacks heart.
“An extraordinary cast of dancers, or acrobats, emerges in every conceivable configuration,” the review says. “It’s a veritable perpetual motion machine of a show, underpinned by Jackson’s own voice, his remastered songs, and a crack live band of 12.
“The production values, the video artistry, the cutting-edge lighting effects, the sound, the dazzling choreography — all are simply thrilling. And yet, what does this circus of virtuoso technology capture? Less than meets and eye and ear.”
The only tickets still available will cost you more than a single glittery glove might, but you just have to decide how much you love one of the most remarkable figures in the history of pop music, and how much you trust the Cirque brand of big show.
Jackson’s personal physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Monday in the singer’s death, but the multifaceted, strange, outrageously talented entertainer’s legend was bigger than he was, even when he was alive. And by all accounts, this show revels in artistically rendered adulation.
At the time of Jackson’s death in 2009, he was planning a world tour. The Cirque show is not related to that endeavor, though a few of the musicians were part of both productions.
Jackson had been in discussions with Cirque people about a collaboration before he died, Charbonneau said.
“We had a long-standing relationship with Michael Jackson himself,” Charbonneau said. “Michael Jackson was a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil. He saw most of our productions in Las Vegas, most of them many times.
“He saw the first touring show in the late ’80s and even visited the Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal. He was a real fan and was always amazed by the artistry behind a Cirque du Soleil production.”
The tribute show features Jackson’s music, from his Jackson 5 days to the hits from his reign as the King of Pop. Some of the dance numbers use his choreography, but Cirque has created original dance pieces designed to embody the spirit of his art.
Although rock concert-style in its stagecraft, the show has a story*line. With a “Giving Tree” as a central guiding “character,” the show tells the story of the man’s life, leaving out some of the weird parts that made Jackson a perpetual tabloid favorite.
Laurie Sposit, the dance master who joined the show this summer with the task of maintaining the integrity of dance pieces as the tour progresses, says she is grateful to be part of the tour and is so touched she cries during almost every show.
Sposit’s bio says she has worked with Janet Jackson, Madonna, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Prince, Spice Girls, Toni Braxton, Vanessa Williams — and the list goes on. She also traveled the world on the “All for You” tour with Janet Jackson, the Spice Girl tour, Madonna’s “Girlie Show” and Latin artist Paulina Rubio’s tour.
“It sends forward the message he started so long ago,” Sposit said of the current show. “He was way ahead of his time. It’s an absolute tribute to Michael Jackson and his legend.
“(The show) is a way of honoring all of his messages and everything that he stood for — in the Cirque way of doing things, so that it is entertaining, so that it becomes a really fun show to honor something that was slightly tragic.”
Sposit is not in this show, but she has an extensive background as a professional dancer and choreographer. She watches each performance to make sure dancers stick with the choreography they learned and that everything stays sharp.
Sposit says she discovered her love of dance early in life. She remembers taping Jackson’s videos on VHS and learning the dances through rewinding and repeated attempts.
“The most devastating thing in my life was my father wouldn’t buy me the red jacket with the zippers,” Sposit says, remembering what it was like to be 13 and in awe.
Call Serena Markstrom at 541-338-2371 or e-mail her at serena.markstrom@registerguard.com.
“It sends forward the message he started so long ago. He was way ahead of his time. It’s an absolute tribute to Michael Jackson and his legend.”
Laurie Sposit
“MICHAEL JACKSON: THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR” DANCE MASTER
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EVENT DETAILS
Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour
What: A tribute to the King of Pop presented by Cirque du Soleil and the estate of Michael Jackson, featuring his music and dancing, plus acrobatics
When: 8 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, 1776 E. 13th Ave.
Tickets: $50 to $250 (go.ducks.com, 541-346-4461)
Also: Ticketholders for Wednesday should contact the box office to be assigned new seats
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http://www.registerguard.com/web/en...1/jackson-cirque-tour-michael-sposit.html.csp
Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson tribute beats it to Eugene
By Serena Markstrom
The Register-Guard
Published: (Friday, Nov 11, 2011 05:00AM) Midnight, Nov. 11
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Unless you want to travel, Tuesday is your only chance to experience “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour,” presented by Cirque du Soleil and the late King of Pop’s estate.
This show, which debuted Oct. 2 at Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal, is planned to run for about three years and it is unlikely to return to Eugene, a tour publicist said.
As previously reported, the Wednesday show has been canceled. Cirque officials cited a need for an additional day to tear down sets before the show moves on to Portland for back-to-back performances on Nov. 18 and Nov. 19.
A third Portland show, on Nov. 20, also was canceled for the same reason.
“Unfortunately, we’ve created a show a little bigger than what we previously planned,” tour publicist Maxime Charbonneau said by phone last week. “In order to set up safely and remove every*thing, we had to cut a few shows on our tour plan.
“It was not reasonable to think we could do everything in the time we had in between cities, and do it safely, not only for the technicians but for the artists performing on stage every night.”
If the show is bigger than planned, well, that could end up a fortunate turn of events for those who go see this production, written and directed by Jamie King. Cirque debuted in this market in June with one of its more iconic productions, “Dralion.”
The Michael Jackson show joins the Beatles and Elvis Presley as other pop icons who have had Cirque productions centered around their legendary careers and bodies of work.
“It’s huge blast of weird,” declares a complimentary review of the Michael Jackson show posted on www.edmontonsun.com on Nov. 2, “from the one-legged break-dancer to the people dancing on the walls to a giant glove doing the moondance to the giant boots doing the moondance to the squad of bat creatures in the graveyard to the giant floating wire animals to the flying dancing couples to the battalion of dancing metal golems.
“In short, Michael Jackson would’ve felt right at home.”
Another review, however, posted about the same show in the Edmonton Journal, says the $60 million show lacks heart.
“An extraordinary cast of dancers, or acrobats, emerges in every conceivable configuration,” the review says. “It’s a veritable perpetual motion machine of a show, underpinned by Jackson’s own voice, his remastered songs, and a crack live band of 12.
“The production values, the video artistry, the cutting-edge lighting effects, the sound, the dazzling choreography — all are simply thrilling. And yet, what does this circus of virtuoso technology capture? Less than meets and eye and ear.”
The only tickets still available will cost you more than a single glittery glove might, but you just have to decide how much you love one of the most remarkable figures in the history of pop music, and how much you trust the Cirque brand of big show.
Jackson’s personal physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Monday in the singer’s death, but the multifaceted, strange, outrageously talented entertainer’s legend was bigger than he was, even when he was alive. And by all accounts, this show revels in artistically rendered adulation.
At the time of Jackson’s death in 2009, he was planning a world tour. The Cirque show is not related to that endeavor, though a few of the musicians were part of both productions.
Jackson had been in discussions with Cirque people about a collaboration before he died, Charbonneau said.
“We had a long-standing relationship with Michael Jackson himself,” Charbonneau said. “Michael Jackson was a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil. He saw most of our productions in Las Vegas, most of them many times.
“He saw the first touring show in the late ’80s and even visited the Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal. He was a real fan and was always amazed by the artistry behind a Cirque du Soleil production.”
The tribute show features Jackson’s music, from his Jackson 5 days to the hits from his reign as the King of Pop. Some of the dance numbers use his choreography, but Cirque has created original dance pieces designed to embody the spirit of his art.
Although rock concert-style in its stagecraft, the show has a story*line. With a “Giving Tree” as a central guiding “character,” the show tells the story of the man’s life, leaving out some of the weird parts that made Jackson a perpetual tabloid favorite.
Laurie Sposit, the dance master who joined the show this summer with the task of maintaining the integrity of dance pieces as the tour progresses, says she is grateful to be part of the tour and is so touched she cries during almost every show.
Sposit’s bio says she has worked with Janet Jackson, Madonna, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Prince, Spice Girls, Toni Braxton, Vanessa Williams — and the list goes on. She also traveled the world on the “All for You” tour with Janet Jackson, the Spice Girl tour, Madonna’s “Girlie Show” and Latin artist Paulina Rubio’s tour.
“It sends forward the message he started so long ago,” Sposit said of the current show. “He was way ahead of his time. It’s an absolute tribute to Michael Jackson and his legend.
“(The show) is a way of honoring all of his messages and everything that he stood for — in the Cirque way of doing things, so that it is entertaining, so that it becomes a really fun show to honor something that was slightly tragic.”
Sposit is not in this show, but she has an extensive background as a professional dancer and choreographer. She watches each performance to make sure dancers stick with the choreography they learned and that everything stays sharp.
Sposit says she discovered her love of dance early in life. She remembers taping Jackson’s videos on VHS and learning the dances through rewinding and repeated attempts.
“The most devastating thing in my life was my father wouldn’t buy me the red jacket with the zippers,” Sposit says, remembering what it was like to be 13 and in awe.
Call Serena Markstrom at 541-338-2371 or e-mail her at serena.markstrom@registerguard.com.
“It sends forward the message he started so long ago. He was way ahead of his time. It’s an absolute tribute to Michael Jackson and his legend.”
Laurie Sposit
“MICHAEL JACKSON: THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR” DANCE MASTER
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EVENT DETAILS
Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour
What: A tribute to the King of Pop presented by Cirque du Soleil and the estate of Michael Jackson, featuring his music and dancing, plus acrobatics
When: 8 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, 1776 E. 13th Ave.
Tickets: $50 to $250 (go.ducks.com, 541-346-4461)
Also: Ticketholders for Wednesday should contact the box office to be assigned new seats
Related Stories
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I wrote to one of the dancer about it but got no answer... They must be as pissed as us actually...
BRING THAT GIVING TREE BACK!!!!
BRING THAT GIVING TREE BACK!!!!
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At this point, they have done more shows WITHOUT the giving tree, than with it.
SMDH. Not MJ-approved.
I am hoping it will be back for the big Vegas premiere. PLEASE..Cirque get your act together.
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This show will continue to tour around the world (Europe, Asia...) after North American leg. Another show, completely new, different than this will open in 2013 in Vegas for a permanent show.
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Anyway the cast is going on holidays for a week or so before Las vegas, hope they'll get the tree back for Vegas... not that the other cities aren't important...
tru that more shows have been done without than with... sad
tru that more shows have been done without than with... sad
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Ok, thanks very much. Do you guys think there is any chance at all it will come to Denmark?
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i need they coming to South America, Argentina please....... I have tickets for Jan 27 in LA but I cant afford the trip, pleeeeaase give me the chance to see the showwwwwwwwwwwww
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Hmmmmm...There has been very few bad reviews, but this is one of the harshest ones I have read so far.
Why are so many things falling apart? Now little Michael floating above the arena is gone. I wonder if it might be because of all the travelling. It must not be easy shuffling these props from city to city.
I hope they get everything under control for Vegas...
[h=1]Cirque du Soleil's 'The Immortal World Tour' misses the energy, magic of Michael Jackson (review)[/h][h=5]Published: Saturday, November 19, 2011, 3:11 PM Updated: Saturday, November 19, 2011, 3:11 PM[/h]By Grant Butler, The Oregonian
Cirque du Soleil has one of the most-bankable track records in the entertainment industry because it rarely misfires with its shows. But the French-Canadian circus company has a mess on its hands with the arena spectacle, "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour," which made stops in Eugene and Portland this week.
From a depressing opening sequence mourning the late pop star's lost childhood to a soulless finale about the sorry state of global ecology and human rights, the show lacks focus, and only occasionally touches the larger-than-life stage presence that Michael Jackson projected in his concerts.
Much of the problem with "The Immortal World Tour" is the uncertainty about what it's trying to be. It's neither a rock concert nor an avant-garde circus, and never entirely coalesces as a hybrid of the two art forms. Through big production numbers and more than 30 of Jackson's songs, the show tries to distill the essence of who the singer was. At his best, a Jackson performance could be pure energy. Yet Cirque never really gets the engine running.
At its world premiere last month in Montreal, it was clear the show still needed editing and technical tinkering, and Cirque has a long history of improving shows if they've gotten off to a rough start. If anything, the show is more ragged now. The stage has been stripped of a large, symbolic set piece representing a "tree of life," several pyrotechnic effects have been scuttled, and one of the animatronic puppets created by Oregon theatrical designer Michael Curry has disappeared. At the show's premiere, it floated through the arena in the basket of a large helium balloon, providing a bit of eloquence to the show's "Childhood" segment. Now the balloon carries only a glowing plastic heart, borrowed from a number later in the show, diminishing that song's visual surprise.
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Olivier Samson ArcandA performer portraying Bubbles the chimp is at the heart of the action during "Black & White" in Cirque du Soleil's production of "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour.""The Immortal World Tour's" missteps are particularly hard to fathom since many of its creators and choreographers were regular collaborators with Jackson, and several of them were working on the "This Is It!" show that he was creating at the time of his death in 2009. If anyone should have been able to capture the soul and spirit of Jackson in a stage show, it was this team. Instead they've created a carnival that's as much of a head-scratching paradox as the scandal-plagued last decade of Jackson's life.
"The Immortal World Tour" does have a few moments that click. The production numbers "Smooth Criminal" and "Thriller" are high-spirited takes on Jackson's fascination with gangster and monster movies, and breath new life into both songs' dance steps. "Human Nature" is a visual stunner, with aerial dancers in illuminated costumes, representing stars in the cosmos. And a quintet of dancers portraying fans on a quest to discover Neverland Ranch offer a few laughs, particularly in a segment when they lip-sync a medley of Jackson 5 numbers.
When he was still alive, Jackson was a big fan of Cirque du Soleil, and regularly took his family to see the company's shows. It would seem a natural fit for Cirque to create a show honoring his musical legacy. Instead, "The Immortal World Tour" shows how big of a creative vacuum was created by his untimely death – one that's impossible for mimes, contortionists and acrobats to fill.
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Why are so many things falling apart? Now little Michael floating above the arena is gone. I wonder if it might be because of all the travelling. It must not be easy shuffling these props from city to city.
I hope they get everything under control for Vegas...
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That sadly seems to be the case... I can see that there will have to be more breaks to fix props as the tour goes on...
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Cirque need to get their act together! I don't know what the problem could be that they still don't have the Giving Tree and now several other props are missing as well. SMH. Michael deserves better!
Edit: Can someone ask them what's going on and when are they expected to solve their problems?
Edit: Can someone ask them what's going on and when are they expected to solve their problems?
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