Immortal World Tour: Another Amazing Review

Directed by longtime Michael Jackson associate Jamie King (assisted by 10 choreographers with similar credentials), one of the most inventive (and well-heeled) entertainment companies in the world unleashes its arsenal of technical expertise on the public persona of a public persona.

In this, it’s very different from Love, the Cirque’s exploration of the Beatles and their music, which has great fun with the imagery of both.

The spirit here is pure movement. And curiously, the circus acts are the least of it, although contortionist Anna Melnikova’s pole dance to Dangerous redefines that genre pretty definitively. No one in the world knows more about interactive video, or LED technology, than the Cirque du Soleil. And it shows here.

The Cirque throws original Jackson footage and every kind of morphing projection onto movable video screens, from which a fabulous cast of dancers and acrobats, 50 strong, emerge in every conceivable configuration.

The Immortal World Tour is a perpetual motion machine, underpinned by Jackson’s own voice, remastered wonderfully, and woven together with a hot live band of 12.

The video artistry, the cutting-edge lighting effects, the sound, the dazzling re-creation of Jackson choreography – all are thrilling.

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