{"id":11961,"date":"2015-08-24T00:29:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T07:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=11961"},"modified":"2015-08-24T08:38:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:38:11","slug":"bellagio-delivers-on-promise-of-spectacle-with-high-tech-kabuki-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/bellagio-delivers-on-promise-of-spectacle-with-high-tech-kabuki-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellagio Resort Delivers on Promise of Spectacle With High-Tech Kabuki Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bellagio’s making some bigtime moves on Japan at the moment, and recently pitched some woo as only Las Vegas can, with a world-class spectacle.<\/p>\n

The hotel built a 165-foot stage on its lake, home of the famous Bellagio dancing fountains, and hosted five performances of “Koi-Tsukami,” or “Fight With a Carp,” a classic kabuki piece starring Japanese actor Ichikawa Somegoro.<\/p>\n

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The plot: Samurai meets maiden. Samurai realizes maiden is a carp spirit who’s taken human form to avenge the death of her carp lover. All hell breaks loose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each of the 30-minute shows, staged Aug. 14-16, 2015, were attended by about 10,000 people, according to hotel reps.<\/p>\n

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Kabuki began in the 17th century when Japan was under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate, enforced by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Which we knew without looking at Wikipedia, probably.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The true star of the kabuki show at Bellagio was the technology.<\/p>\n

A series of 15 Panasonic projectors, synchronized by computers, were used in the performances. Walls of water were backlit, turning the Bellagio’s fountains into a giant movie screen.<\/p>\n

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The 20,000-lumen projectors had a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and WUXGA resolution, whatever those might actually be.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was an impressive, and expensive, effort. The cost of the production was estimated to be in the millions.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at part of the show with the widest damn lens we could muster.<\/p>\n

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