No, they're going to get the State of the World Tour show." It's not going to be the Unbreakable show. "Whether it be content, video, staging, different songs in the set list and playing with different sounds, certain sections with the musical director, costume changes… but we did it, I did it! The fans clearly will get a show. "I had to go hard and create something so new with what we had," Duldulao explains. As many of Jackson's fans can recall, she postponed her Unbreakable World Tour indefinitely last year when she discovered she was pregnant.ĭuldulao's challenge for State of the Worldwas starting the show from scratch, this time with "free-r, stronger, more powerful, clean" choreography. RELATED: Janet Jackson Is 'So Happy' to Be a Mom to 'the Cutest Baby', Says Producer Jimmy JamĪlthough everything is going smoothly, Duldulao admits every tour comes with a challenge. "So, if anything, I think we're going to have to have some seamstresses on hand to bring in more. "Honestly, I told her - I was like, 'You're skinny. "I mean, she is really strict with her diet."ĭuldulao agrees that Jackson looks incredible, and is encouraging her to go for those "dream" tour costumes. Duldulao tells ET that in addition to their daylong rehearsals and working out, the Gary, Indiana, native credits a healthy diet for her trimmed down figure. RELATED: Janet Jackson Moves Back to LA With Son to Be Near Family, Working on DocumentaryĪll of that dancing explains why Jackson looks so amazing just seven months after her and her estranged husband, Wissam Al Mana, welcomed their first child together. Then, I know some of the dancers go home, Janet as well, and they get on the treadmill after rehearsals at like 11 p.m. And we repeat that process until everything is perfect and everyone's clear. Eventually, and we're in this phase right now, I'll run it from top to bottom - an hour-and-45-minute show maybe five times in a row. "After all note taking, we run the show again. In the meantime, my assistant is working with Janet on the side." I give them, or my assistant will give them, a lot of notes for staging. We have a lot of notebook time, where are writing notes every day. We film them on videotape so they can watch and correct themselves.
I do this thing called 'honorary,' where I call out one dancer to do a whole number by themselves in front of me, Janet and the crew.
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"Then, I like to see the show full out, back to back.
We do a lot of staging, because me as a creative director, I'm always questioning everything I do… it has to be perfect. "We arrive at the studio, we stretch, we work out with our trainer for about an hour to get their stamina up, keep them in good fitness. So, what exactly are Jackson and her dancers doing during that timeframe? Duldulao walks us through a typical rehearsal day: RELATED: Janet Jackson Shows Off Post-Baby Body in New Tour Rehearsal Pic Janet and her team have been cracking down on the details, spending 16 hours or more in the studio to perfect the choreography, staging and transitions. I think just timing of the day is different, but other than that, she's still going strong."ĭuldulao tells ET it's currently "crunch time" in rehearsals, as the 56-city tour officially kicks off Sept. If she loves what she does - and she loves being onstage - the work ethic doesn't change. "Despite how life has changed for her… if anything, she is even more dedicated and more focused for some reason," Duldulao explains. In fact, he says the 51-year-old singer is working harder than ever to make this tour a success. WATCH: Happy Mother's Day to These First-Time Celebrity Moms!ĭuldulao has been working with Jackson for over a decade and says that her work ethic hasn't changed "at all" since giving birth to her first child, son Eissa, in January. Janet Jackson is planning to take fans on "an emotional journey through choreography."ĮT chatted with the mastermind behind the singer's upcoming State of the World Tour, creative director Gil Duldulao, over the phone on Wednesday, who shared behind-the-scenes secrets about rehearsals, show planning and Jackson's enviable post-baby body. EXCLUSIVE: Janet Jackson's Creative Director Gil Duldulao Talks Tour Secrets & Singer's Enviable Post-Baby Bodīy Desiree Murphy 9:48 AM PDT, August 17, 2017
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