Jamie King (born 1972) is an American

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, and producer. His work directing concert tours for pop stars has grossed over $2 billion as of 2011.

Early career

King started his career in entertainment as a dancer. He appeared on the

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video for "Love And Understanding" and went on tour with

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on his '' Dangerous World Tour'' in 1992. Afterwards he worked as a director and choreographer in

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's Glam Slam West nightclub in Los Angeles. While there, King created a new show every week using songs that Prince was unable to commercially release due to legal obligations to

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. It was during this time that King learned staging. After seeing a performance by Prince at the American Music Awards of 1995 (that King directed and choreographed),

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called King to talk about the two of them working together. The first time they worked together was when he choreographed her 1995 music video "

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Fitness ventures

In 2004, King teamed up with Nike to create the Nike Rockstar Workout for use in Crunch Fitness gyms across the United States. In 2007, he released his Rock Your Body fitness DVD which sold 100,000 copies.

''Cirque du Soleil'', Super Bowl, and ''Q'Viva''

In 2011 King wrote and directed a touring show by

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dedicated to Michael Jackson called '' Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour''. In 2012, he co-created the boy band IM5 with

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and

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and directed Madonna's

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halftime performance. This performance marked the third time he appeared at Super Bowl for work. His first appearance was in 1993 as a dancer in Michael Jackson's performance at Super Bowl XXVII. He returned in 1996 as a choreographer for Diana Ross' performance at

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. Also in 2012, he produced the Latin-themed entertainment show '' Q'Viva! The Chosen'' with

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, and

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. The show was King's first experience working in television rather than stage; however, the singers, instrumentalists, and dancers scouted from the show did give a one-time sold-out performance at the

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which King also directed. King was the producer for Madonna's 2012 ''

MDNA Tour The MDNA Tour was the ninth concert tour by American singer Madonna, launched in-support of her twelfth studio album, ''MDNA (album), MDNA'' (2012). Comprising 88 shows, the tour began on May 31, 2012, at the Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv Dist ...

'' which marked the first time since Madonna's 2001 ''Drowned World Tour'' that he had not been her tour's creative director. In 2013, King directed another Cirque Du Soleil Michael Jackson-themed show called '' Michael Jackson: One''. Unlike the touring show Immortal, ''Michael Jackson: One'' is a resident stage show housed at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Later in the year, King was the creative director for the third season of ''

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''. In 2014, King directed

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halftime performance which marked the fourth time he had appeared at Super Bowl for work.

Tours

King was the director for the following tours/productions: * 1996: Take Me Higher: A Celebration of 30 years of the Super Bowl halftime show -

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* 1997: Soft & Gentle 'No Sweat' Tour –

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* 1999-2000: Livin' la Vida Loca Tour –

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* 2000-2001: Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour –

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* 2001:

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–

* 2003: Stripped World Tour –

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* 2004: Re-Invention World Tour – Madonna * 2006: Confessions Tour – Madonna * 2006-2007: Rain's Coming World Tour –

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* 2006-2007: Back to Basics Tour – Christina Aguilera * 2007: Ricky Martin Live: Black and White Tour – Ricky Martin * 2007-2008: The Return of the Spice Girls –

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* 2008: The Best Damn Tour –

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* 2008-2009: Taking Chances World Tour –

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* 2008: Hard Candy Promo Tour – Madonna * 2008-2009: Sticky & Sweet Tour – Madonna * 2009:

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– Britney Spears * 2010: Last Girl on Earth Tour –

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* 2011: Loud Tour – Rihanna * 2011:

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– Britney Spears * 2011: Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour –

* 2012: ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen Live – Reality Show: Los Angeles, Las Vegas & Tour of Latin America * 2012: Super Bowl XLVI halftime show – Madonna * 2012: Dance Again World Tour - Jennifer Lopez * 2012: Summer Tour 2012 - Jennifer Lopez and

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* 2013: Michael Jackson: One –

* 2014:

Halftime Show – Bruno Mars * 2014-2015: Japan Dome Tour "X" –

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* 2015-2016: Rebel Heart Tour -

* 2018: Liberation Tour - Christina Aguilera * 2019: The Nicki Wrld Tour - Nicki Minaj * 2019-2020: Madame X Tour - Madonna (credited as a creative producer) * 2023: The Celebration Tour - Madonna Sources:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Jamie 1972 births Living people American choreographers People from Verona, Wisconsin Writers from Wisconsin American male dancers American theatre directors Cirque du Soleil American male writers