Rebel Heart Tour Research Paper

Last night, I went to Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour. It was held in Rogers arena where is the home of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team, as well as venue for some of the biggest concerts and shows in the city. It is located at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver. The Rebel Heart Tour is the tenth worldwide concert in support of Madonna’s thirteenth studio album. It is so embarrassing that I have never listened to her songs before, although Madonna is an icon of popular music. So when I saw she will hold a music concert in Vancouver, I bought the ticket without hesitation and went with my friends together. Because I want to see what kind of performance Madonna is going to present to her fans as an iconic performer of popular music worldwide. It was a two-hour live show, we arrived the arena around 7pm and the open time of the concert was 8pm. Since we arrived the arena very early, so there was few audiences sitting in their seats. Many people were drinking beers and chatting with each other in the outside area of the auditorium. They seemed super excited because of Madonna’s coming. The whole venue was with a pronounced enthusiastic …show more content…
The stage shape is derived from a hybrid of an arrow, a cross and a heart. A long narrow catwalk leading from the main stage divides the audience down the center and extends deep in to the arena culminating into the heart shaped stage. Half way down the catwalk is the horizontal cross stage spanning almost the entire width of the arena. This stage formation allows Madonna and her dancers to reach more audience, closer up and more intimate. And the main kinetic feature of the stage is a complex “machine”, which allows for various acrobatic and scenic moments throughout the show. It can be flush with the main stage as flooring, act as an 8ft raised platform, a vertical wall that can tilt from flat to ninety degrees within a few