The (human) man behind the ABBAtar of “ABBA Voyage”.

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Beyond the videos, music videos and feature films by British director James Bond (flashback to He cons) Explain that Agneta Falckog, Bjorn Ulveus, Benny Anderson, and Annie-Fried Royce don’t actually appear live on stage. ABBA trip ABBA Purpose built arena, with a capacity of 3,000 people, located in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, East London.

“I’m ABBAtar,” he says.

I didn’t care about the capacity of the ABBA Theater. They got lost in their ABBA state of mind, jumping on some chairs to perform Mamma Mia with ABBAtars! And the prom queen on stage.

The show is a creative phenomenon with producers Ludwig Anderson and Svana Gisla; Directed by Wall, movement director and choreographer Wayne McGregor; conceptual artists Johann Rank and Martin Rank; A technical team of 1000 Industrial Light and Magic members plus support group musicians And many other production technicians.

The main thing was the participation of the artists themselves from ABBA. “When I decided the show was going to be a live concert featuring life-sized avatars of Agnata, Bjorn, Benny and Annie-Fried, I wanted the real world and the digital world to blend seamlessly,” explains Bailey.

This meant taking ABBA into the studio for weeks to film the move. “We shot them for five weeks and then worked with twin bodies to create younger versions of ourselves,” Wall said.

Walsh clearly described every second of the 90-minute concert. He dictated neon signs and transitions two years ago.

Can you replace them with a single touch of the switch? “Basically, I can’t,” Walsh replies. “I had to act two years before seeing this show. The change will now cost a lot of money! ”

After having ABBA in the studio, Walsh said, “I could provide information on Wayne (McGregor). And you said I really want them in this scene. So in this scene I want movement here and here. then I would go there And editing as a movie and I’d give it to ILM to make it work. That was my story for them. “

ABBA created the show’s 20-song lineup, “which has changed several times,” adds Wall, who said he “didn’t want to interfere because they knew their songs better and you really have to be respectful.”

Walsh also knew the songs from the inside. He believes hundreds, if not thousands, of listeners to the tracks. “The process of creating the perfect images and story series for this concert was a long but exciting process,” he says.

Every performance of the ABBA Four Use ABBA tripConversations that seemed far-fetched were often taped over a span of five weeks in Walsh And his team was over two years before the pandemic with the band. One group mentions the Dockland Light Rail Pudding Mill Lane station, located opposite the site. Another example is the scene that goes dark when Benny changes costumes.

“All this time it has been conjectural work,” says Walsh.

Adds: “The speeches were written by the band members and is Benny changing in the dark? I wrote this line and Benny wrote it two years ago. “

Walsh argues that reason is what you feel ABBA trip The artwork is because “ABBA put their soul into these avatars and I think that’s why people (viewers) absolutely believe in it because ABBA has been a big part of it. Yes, they don’t sing and they don’t move in the flesh, but you feel like they are.

“The ambition wasn’t cynical, it wasn’t about money. “The ambition was artistic,” she added.

Commenting on the money comment, he says, “I never felt like I was doing anything for money. Of course yes They were paying money, but that wasn’t my motivation. My motivation was to create something new and create something that no one has ever seen before. “

it is true ABBA trip It’s a dazzling experience, though not quite as dazzling or thrilling as seeing a bloodthirsty, carnal group in a musical. My God! Live on stage. Despite this, ABBA trip Technically growing.

Walsh believes that “the technology will go very fast … and what I’m wondering is where it will go next.”

He mentions the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and wonders if we will ever see the Beatles Stones and Avatars “live” concerts using ILM’s Amazing Witchcraft.

“What I enjoyed doing ABBA trip “It was that I was working with artists,” he said. “They have been very involved in this process. They were all present. I’m not sure that doing a postpartum concert can have such purity of heart and soul.

“I feel I have lost collaboration with the artists who were there to express their opinion. Who will be there to decide what the Beatles will wear in 2022? A man of money?

As for the stones, they are still largely intact.

Yes, the Stones could have put on an avatar show, says Wall, but warns, “I think that’s another reason (ABBA trip) is so popular because, unlike the Stones, ABBA hasn’t toured for 40 years.

ABBA trip He signed a four-year residency at Stratford’s ABBA Arena. A spokesperson for the producers pointed out that there are still no plans to move the show to the US or overseas.

When Walsh is asked about a possible worldwide release of the show, a wide smile appears on his face.

“You have to ask the producers, but I can tell you that ABBAtars will have no problem logging in,” he jokes.