One of the platforms in the background. Photo by Steve Marcus.

The Visual act Advanced Wagon technology is in Las Vegas and has contributed to Celine Dion’s very successful opening night at Caesars Palace on March 15, 2011. The show is scheduled to play for another three years.

The orchestra and band are placed on six moving platforms of different sizes. The movements and navigation of the platforms are created by Visual act Advanced Wagon technology. The result was described in the following way by Robin Leach, Las Vegas Sun:

The floating in-and-out stages move silently in an interlocking jigsaw wonder as if they are dancing silently.

The project has been an intensive collaboration between Visual act AB and Fisher Technical Services LLC.  Fisher Technical Services LLC has license for the Visual act Advanced Wagon technology in the U.S.

The time schedule was very challenging and during the final weeks before the premiere, programming and rehearsals had to take place around the clock. Therefore, we had operators’ onsite not only from Visual act and Fisher but also from The Amsterdam Music Theatre (Het Muziektheater) and The Norwegian Opera & Ballet, who have experience of Visual act Wagons from their home theatres. We are very grateful for their support!

Martin Zetterström, Managing Director at Visual act AB

On Celine Dion’s official webpage you can see videos of the show >>

Articles about the show:

Celine Dion’s show is a masterpiece of majesty, elegance and amazing duets >>

Celine Dion, the tie that binds, makes a resounding return to Caesars Palace >>