On March 24th I went to the Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil at the Bryce Jordan Center. I have been to Cirque shows before so i had an idea of what to expect but this show threw me off a bit.
The opening was very video oriented which I didn't really care for as Cirque shows are know for their acrobatics/dancing, not videos. This was followed by a bit about Neverland Ranch and some audio from Michael Jackson about kids. I found this to be very odd since Jackson had fought legal battles regarding sexual abuse of kids in the 90's. This portion of the show lasted maybe fifteen minutes if that. The rest of the show was amazing though.
The songs were well chosen as most were huge hits from either Michael or the Jackson 5. One of my favorite bits was "ABC" where the performers all were wearing giant afros and late sixties clothes. Each song had their own unique performance which was quite a feat since most songs were melded into one another, instead of playing each one completely.
The show ended in typical Cirque fashion with all the performers coming out to take a bow. But, afterwards one performer dramatically put on the one glove and all the lights went to it. It was so bright you couldn't look directly at it. Overall it was a great performance although the beginning caught me off guard.
This sounds like an amazing event. I cant imagine how crazy the crowd would be going when one of the performers put on the one glove. It must have been one heck of an experience to go to this.
ReplyDeleteI am assuming that they played the 15 minute video of Michael Jackson talking about kids because they probably want the people to change their perception about Michael Jackson being a pedophile.
But apart from the video this sounds like an amazing event.