Thursday, September 13, 2012
Madonna MDNA Tour
livedesignonline: Madonna hits the road again with her MDNA tour, with a creative team that includes show director Michel Laprise of Cirque du Soleil, set designer Mark Fisher, lighting designer Al Gurdon, production manager Jake Berry, video technical director Stefaan Desmedt, choreographers Rich + Tone, and multimedia content created by Moment Factory.
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OH. MY GOODNESS. This is such a cool optical illusion! In the beginning of this song- I had alot of respect for however designed what I thought was a structured interior of cathedral- low and behold It was all a massive screen! I was impressed by the glass shattering- I knew then that there were electronic elements to the set, but I still believed that there was some structure. Because I was under this impression, the moment when the cathedral projection completely blew up- a series on falling etherial religious paintings as if Madonna was descending- absolutely amazing! I am in awe, and have so much more respect for media, to create such an intricate, intense, detailed world.
This is a killer tour, and by the looks of the media, one of the most tech-heavy ones even Madonna has done in recent years. I begin to wonder/worry about the crash/failure rate for such a complex Navigator and media server show... Cause if the video walls go down, or a dancer flails and accidentally hits the wall and it starts flickering, or the elevators don't work one night, the show may be over (not to mention the fact that they have flying units that swing over the audience and that the star enters on). And taking all that junk from city to city to be built up by locals who don't know this show from last week's... I hope they travel with some very strong managers and troubleshooters to be on constant alert during the perofmrance.
I always tend to fall in love with shows that just blow you away with the technical aspects of it. And I think that in todays world that is what you need to have a successful tour. Gone are the days of the tradition band set up on stage, playing a few songs and waving good night. Now the night must end with a blast of intense music, lasers shooting from every direction, and a long display of fireworks. Now thst might be slight exaggeration, but for the most part its true. Today's audiences that go to concerts expect to see spectacle, not just the artist's talent. There would be an uproar if Lady Gaga or Katy Perry had a concert in which they simply sang their songs with the background of just their band.
This is a great show. The one thing that I hope that I could do is go back stage and see in person how it works and any problems that they have with it. I am pretty sure that it is easy to put together and get to work since it is a Tait Towers stage but I am always interested in how to make things better in both the manufacturing and in the load-in and out. The amount of money that was spent on that show must just be extremely big. I just hope that this is the beginning of many shows to come that are this scale and complicity.
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