Normally several successful franchises take their stories to other media, this can be the world of video games, books adapted to novels and even plays. And now, it is mentioned that The Matrix would be having a kind of show that involves hip-hop choreography, thus being the first live staging of the saga.
depending on the medium Varietythe academy award-winning director, Danny Boyle, will work on Free Your Mind, show that is described as a “large-scale immersive performance” that turns the science fiction film into a show with “choreography of hundreds of dancers”. The event will be held in Factory International in Manchester in October of next year.
An official tagline for the show describes it as:
Combining hip-hop choreography by hundreds of dancers with the latest immersive design, ‘Free Your Mind’ will take audiences on a thrilling journey through ‘The Matrix’ and into a new realm of possibility. …This revealing production will stretch across ultra-flexible spaces, responding to them and harnessing the collective energy of the moment.
Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante will write entirely new music for the show, which will be choreographed by Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy and the playwright Sabrina Mahfouz will contribute to the script.
For now, it is not known if they will take it to other parts of the world.
Via: comic book
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