Sunday, September 9, 2012

Madonna: Swarovski Crystals & MDNA Tour 2012


This short behind-the-scenes clip shows how Madonna and her creative team have incorporated Swarovski crystal elements into her MDNA tour costumes. The clip features Madonna’s long-time head dresser, Tony Villanueva, providing insight into where these beautiful crystals appear on outfits worn throughout the show.

As mentioned in a previous post, Madonna and her male dancers don super-high high heels in the opening number, Girl Gone Wild. You can now see the stilettos up close, with literally the stems covered in Swarovski crystals. Villanueva also shows the loops that went into creating Madonna’s Joan of Arc-inspired armor. Pretty spectacular!

The clip also references and briefly shows the dancer Kupono “Pono” Aweau in his “bunny ears” headpiece during Vogue. After some research, I discovered that “Pono” is originally from Hawaii and has appeared on the FOX dance-competition show, So You Think You Can Dance. (Madonna is no stranger to hiring talented dancers from the 50th. In 1993, she hired the In Living Color dancer, and now Dancing with the Stars judge, Carrie Ann Inaba for The Girlie Show.)

MDNA 2012 looks like a gleaming good time. C’mon October! BSo

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