Se pare ca G cand a spus ca majoritatea celor implicati in This Is It, mai ales Travis Payne, Kenny Ortega, si dansatorii, ar binevoi sa participe, daca sunt invitati, la actiuni precum cea de mai jos, a avut foarte mare dreptate. Pe 14 februarie, la Michael Jackson Official European Convention din Milano, Travis Payne nu a putut participa, prin videocam, promitand sa se revanseze cat de curand. Se pare, ca nu a tras mata de coada sperand ca lumea sa uite de promisiune. Asa ca, pe 20 februarie, in timpul celei de-a 60 cea editie a Festivalului de Muzica Pop din Sanremo, Travis Payne si alti doi dansatori din This Is It (si cu Sony in coada) au facut un show formidabil. Bineinteles, ca cei care ne ofera stirea sunt cei de pe MJPortal.com, si iata ce au postat ei:Yesterday, February 20, 2010, during the final evening of the 60th Sanremo Italian Pop Song Festival, Travis Payne, official MJ coreographer, as previously announced at the first ever Michael Jackson European Convention, and two of the dancers from the "This Is It" tour group, performed a live tribute to the King of Pop..Din fericire de data asta avem si video. Ura! Sa urmarim, dar pe site ca nu il putem lua aici...
The day began with a two hour traffic back up on the Italian highway going into Sanremo but it was worth every minute of it because it brought back so many memories of waiting outside for several hours to get a glimpse of Michael.
After numerous e-mails and phone conversations with Travis and the representative of Sony Pictures USA who was accompanying him on his Italian trip, we were finally able to come to an agreement on the how and where of this long awaited meeting.
After our arrival at the barriers blocking the access to the Ariston Theater, Sam, Giovanna, Lara and yours truly asked the security guards information about Travis and if he had already arrived inside the theater. One of the security police said, "Are you Nick?" and I answered in a surprised voice, "Yeah. How do you know?" "Well,", he said, "the dancers asked for you as soon as they got out of the van.". Stunned, I said, "You've got to be kidding!". The policemand answered simply, "No sir."!
We couldn't believe it. The feeling that had been installed with Travis during this last year of long distance conversations had immediately gone above and beyond just a simple feeling... The simplicity and the magic of a person who had worked hand in hand with MJ during the last two decades was an actual reality.
Immediately after, we saw Travis coming out of the theater and walking towards us with a big smile. A strong embrace and the phrase "We did it!" was just the prelude to yesterday's beautiful day-long experience. A couple photographs together, a few words of presentation for the rest of the group and he excused himself because rehearsal for his segment on the live telecast was about to begin. "See you later.", he said as he was being called to return into the theater for the onstage dance rehearsal.. About half an hour later, Travis came out of the theater and returned to exchange a few words with us.
"The "This Is It" dancers are on a world tour. We are promoting the worldwide release of the film. Tomorrow we'll be in London, then Spain and then Australia, etc., etc. In short we'll be going around the world for the next month." He then explained to us how they all felt about Michael's death and the fact that these performances were giving him and the dancers the strength to go forward. "We are still grieving, but it's important that we deliver MJ's message to the world."
The conversation lasted about half an hour while the shouting from the people behind the barriers continued uninterrupted, more photographs and finally, another generous gift: a ticket to see the performance live, inside the theater. I was the lucky recipient. I ran back to the car to get my suit jacket used only for special occasions, stopped off and had a drink to charge up my battery (obviously a Negroni ), a walk down the red carpet into the Teatro Nazionale and finally... THE PERFORMANCE!
Between Antonella Clerici's obvious nervousness, the opening applause from the public and the orchestra inside the theater and my own personal contribution to the screaming and yelling (which is clearly audible on the video above everything else!!!), the "Drill" began accompanied by "They Don't Care About Us". The dancers were really fantastic and Travis was simply great! A memorable exhibition in the middle of a festival, such as this Sanremo (the Italian pop song contest originated in 1951) which has become nothing more than an evening of cabaret and certainly not a song festival worthy of being broadcast all over the world in "mondovision". Even if only for 10 minutes, Travis, Nicholas and Daniel brought us back to the great days of the Sanremo Pop Music Festival then considered an important international event.
Mai ramane sa fim atenti la ce se intampla in noaptea asta la Londra, maine poate avem rezultate!
