Meet Jamie King, the celebrity choreographer who has interpreted Michael Jackson’s story for a Cirque Du Soleil show
- By Manjari Saxena, Deputy Editor The weekend tabloid!
- Published: 00:00 December 30, 2013
Both Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil are mavericks in their field, says dancer and choreographer Jamie King, director of Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, the massive show that rolls into Dubai this Monday.
“When I looked out my hotel window and saw all these huge buildings and the manmade islands, I felt, this is Michael,” King said during an interview with tabloid! in September. “Michael Jackson believed in the illogical. What you have created here is not just remarkable but seems just as illogical. I feel Michael would have wanted to be here. He was not just a global superstar but wanted the world to become one. And I’m proud that the Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour has brought his fans, old and young, together to celebrate his legacy, his music, his showmanship and the man who was a great teacher, all over the world”.
Brought by Duvent Events, Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour begins at Dubai World Trade Centre Arena on December 30 and will run until January 14 as part of Dubai Shopping Festival. The show, with 60-plus performers, is a fusion of visuals, dance, music and fantasy from the late King of Pop’s work. And King, as the director, is the pivot on which it rests.
“How can you not have a big show if you mix the world of Cirque du Soleil and Michael Jackson, the greatest entertainer in the world? As a writer-director it is a huge responsibility,” said King. “It has actors, artists, dancers, acrobats, and musicians… all things Michael Jackson loved. It’s a combination of theatre and a rock-style show. The music, the acrobatics, the dances are all larger than life. No one can be Michael — he was one of a kind. But what we can do, and respectfully, is making sure we have a cast that is diverse yet interprets Michael in the best possible way. There will be 65 Michaels on stage. It will be reliving, in the most spectacular way, those moments we all love about Michael Jackson”.
In the past 16 years, King has worked with Madonna, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne, Mariah Carey, Shakira, George Michael, Korean superstar Rain, Elton John, Diana Ross and even Ellen DeGeneres. He is a multiple Emmy Award and MTV Video Music Award nominee. “I think it is all about how you walk into the room,” he says about working with such big names in the industry. “What you give is what you get. When I walk in for a first meeting with an artist it is important to be really, really open and make sure they are comfortable in the space of being creative. And I think they’ve realised that too, so I’ve never had a bad experience”.
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Source: gulfnews / MJ-Upbeat.com
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