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SINGAPORE : Resorts World Sentosa will launch a new show – the Crane Dance – this Saturday.
The waterfront show involves two cranes, each 30-metre high or as tall as a 10-storey building.
It is the world’s tallest dancing animatronics show, and because of its scale, it will be visible even from across the waterfront at VivoCity.
The show will involve a slew of digital art, LED displays, light and water effects, pyrotechnics as well as an original score.
The cranes are made almost entirely of steel and weigh some 80 tonnes each.
But that does not make them any less dexterous and graceful when they mimic the birds’ courtship dance ritual in the wild.
Developed over 36 months, the show was created by four-time Emmy Award winner Jeremy Railton, who has designed many live concert stages for international performers including the late Michael Jackson, Cher, Barbara Streisand and Diana Ross.
“I wanted to ensure that not only was it going to be an iconic headliner, it had to resonate with Asian influences, yet touching the hearts of an international audience through a simple story about love,” Mr Railton said.
The free nightly spectacle, located at the waterfront of Resorts World, debuts on Christmas Day.
– CNA/al
