The first segment of Moonwalker is a live performance of " Man in the Mirror" during his Bad World Tour in Europe and America. “This is something where we wanted a live performance in front of a live audience and nothing speaks to that more than an awards show.The film's segments are meant to represent the different stages in Jackson's career and were based on his own view of how his fans idolized him rather than listening to the messages he wanted to say with his music. “It’s so important to experience Michael Jackson in a live setting,” Branca says.
The performance is “classic Michael, but we put our spice on it,” he says.ĭemand for the Jackson hologram was considerable, but in the end Branca and the estate felt it needed to be shown with a live audience.
Tone Talauega, who was still in high school when he started working with Jackson, says they studied the singer’s moves and had small things adjusted – the angle of a hand, the tilt of his head. You’re still speaking the same language, it’s just a different dialect.” “Its just the way you reconfigure his steps so it looks different. “We knew we didn’t need to go so far left field with his dance moves - we just kept it within his world,” Rich Talauega says.
Their involvement with Jackson dates back to the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards they also choreographed the HIStory tour in 1997 and if one had to guess, the image of Michael used in the performance appears to be from that era based on his hair and clothing. The Talauega brothers, Rich and Tone, were brought on right after the new year and they started to draw up dance moves for Jackson and the other dancers in the film. We talked to Jamie King, who directed the Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil shows and we all felt the song was very likeable.” “At the time we made the decision,” says Jackson’s lawyer and adviser John Branca, “‘Slave to the Rhythm’ felt like a song was something people could dance to, a potential club song. The selection of “Slave to the Rhythm” for the hologram performance was made late last year Jackson associates the Talauega brothers and Jamie King were brought in to choreograph and direct the video, which was produced by Pulse Evolution and Tricycle Logic. Lasers, streams of flames and dancers in ancient costumes were part of the film. Dancers moved through aisles as Jackson was seen rising from a throne, walking down steps before going into several trademark routines, a moonwalk being one of the them. 1 on the Billboard 200 next week, the track was produced by Timbaland.īBMA producers Dick Clark Productions built a special stage at the rear of the MGM Grand Arena that was used only for the Jackson performance. Released this week on “XSCAPE,” which is neck-and-neck with the new Black Keys album for No. Reid and Babyface during the sessions for that album. Jackson appeared in gold jacket, white T-shirt and brick red trousers on a set modeled on the art work for the album “Dangerous,” an appropriate choice as the track was recorded in 1991 with L.A. Jackson, in hologram form, performed “Slave to the Rhythm” midway through Sunday night’s show with a five-piece band and 16 dancers live onstage. BBMAs Pop Shop Podcast! Hear Our Discussion of the MJ Hologram Billboard Music Awards: Winners | Photos | Milestone
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