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Michael Jackson's choreographer on the 'This Is It' tour is Travis Payne, and in a new interview he discusses 'This Is It' and how the last rehearsal was magical.
Payne tells MTV, "The last rehearsal with Michael Jackson for me was magical. It was on that night when we actually completed the bulk of the show. All of the physicality of the show had been realized." He continued, revealing MJ's mood that night, "He was grinning from ear to ear and he was so happy. He didn't have any corrections, he didn't have any notes for anyone. It was a glorious, triumphant night. And the last thing we said to each other as we often [did] was — he was in his golf cart going to his vehicle — and I said, 'Love you!' and he said, 'Love you more! See you at 2 o'clock!' And that was the last conversation we had."
Payne recalls how excited MJ was to embark on the new tour, "Everyone knows how great a dancer Michael Jackson was. ... You know, I would turn and look at him and he's just sort of moving and feelin' something and he was surrounded by all of the dancers that we handpicked from all over the world. That inspired him and it fed him. You could tell that he was really embracing them and, of course, they were embracing him. So it was really great seeing him right in the middle of the dancers and them sort of exchanging moves, all of that kind of stuff."
[Source: MTV]
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