What chocolate doesn’t cure, 2000’s music does. Just put Rosas by La Oreja de Van Gogh or I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas in your headphones and life becomes easier (and Callao less claustrophobic). And although for now it seems that we can’t go back to that time that sounded like Dime de Beth, we can dance to it. And that’s exactly why Neon Moves arrives in Madrid: a light and dance show where dancers follow the rhythm of 2000’s hymns.
What is Neon Moves?
If you are one of those who get a little smile when Everybody from the Backstreet Boys plays on the radio, Neon Moves is that feeling, but for 60 minutes. A dance show produced in collaboration with the renowned group of dancers THE BLACKOUTS that combines original choreography, LED lights synchronized with the greatest hits of the 2000’s and a story told through dance.
The plot? Seven robots (who happen to dance very well) embark on a journey in which, guided by 2000’s songs like Eye of the Tiger by Survivor or Rock That Body by The Black Eyed Peas, they become (or not, we don’t like spoilers) more and more human. A trip around the world whose soundtrack are those songs that, no matter how much time passes, always cause joy and homesickness in equal parts.
Why is the music of the 2000s so iconic?
By the early 2000s, globalization had already become a well-established reality. Thanks to the rise of the Internet, a person in Helsinki could listen to the album of an artist in Paris at the same time as someone in Fuenlabrada.
The result? Greater access to music from all over the world and greater experimentation with musical genres, fusing R&B and hip-hop in the case of Justin Timberlake or pop, R&B and dancehall in the case of Rihanna. A wide variety of styles that were catchy and easy to dance to, and which Neon Moves now celebrates with original choreography and hypnotic staging.
On selected dates and over the next few months, Madrid becomes a Who’s Who of 2000’s songs with the arrival of Neon Moves. The iconic Circulo de Bellas Artes will be illuminated by the light of the dancers’ costumes, most likely making you have to remind yourself to blink every so often.
And while the urge to go back to the 2000s is limitless, Neon Moves tickets are capped, so we recommend getting yours before they sell out. Rock That Body, as The Black Eyed Peas would say.