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Weekly News Tabloid THE COREA COURIER 코리아쿠리어 (No.23) 2013.07.15. ~ 2013.07.21. Contact Info. 02-6080-6139 www.coreacourier.com
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Long live the King of Pop 팝의 황제여, 영원하라
Cirque du Soleil members dance to Michael Jackson songs at 'Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour.'
Many stars rise and fall. But some live on in people’s memories to become forever immortalized*. It has been four years since ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson’s unexpected death on June 25, 2009. With less than a month left
to his comeback stage, a fourth world tour, one that he would be having in 13 years, his sudden death caught many off guard*. It was two years later when Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil started showing ‘Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour,’ a performance which brought together an audience of 2 million across 100 cities to amass* a total of 220 million dollars (247 billion won)
of profit for year 2011 alone. On July 10, the epic performance was brought to Korea for the first time. Showing in Seoul and Daegu, the tour lasts until July 21. Bringing such a large scale performance to Korea was not easy, of course. The major obstacle* lied in that facilities weren’t fit for the show, which would include the use of high ropes and many special effects. Such obstacles were overcome through
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installing a floor which cost 130 million won. Wi t h a s t a g e w e i g h i n g 1 0 0 tons, a set amounting to 49 freight containers* and 1200 costumes of 252 different designs, the performance set the record for the largest scale arena show in Korea. oksk@coreacourier.com
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