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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 3 april 2019

Game of Thrones takes over Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas

By REGINA GARCIA CANO thing and not being tiring show,” she said. “It’s amaz-
Associated Press at the same time.” ing! It’s too much.”
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Winter The spectacle ends as the The “Game of Thrones”
came to Las Vegas. shadow of the Night King fountain show marks the
Fire-breathing dragons appears one last time, and first time the lake has been
held court over the world- flames cover part of the set ablaze, but artists and
famous fountains at the roughly 9-acre (3.6-hect- others have previously
Bellagio casino-resort Sun- are) lake. used the fountains for a
day, as familiar elements “We have probably seen variety of stunts. Billionaire
from the TV phenomenon a hundred fountain shows, Richard Branson rode a jet
“Game of Thrones” were and this is by far the best,” ski on the lake in 2010, and
projected on the rising he said while waiting for the Drake performed one of his
water. The jets danced to show to start for a second hits there during the 2017
a score incorporating the time. “Oh yeah, we are not Billboard Music Awards.
recognizable theme song The Night King is projected during a “Game of Thrones”-themed moving.” The landmark at the luxury
before one of the colossal show at the fountains at the Bellagio casino-resort, Sunday, Las Vegas resident Gaile property owned by MGM
beasts lit up the lake along March 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. Tiquia is re-watching all Resorts International at-
the Las Vegas Strip in a Associated Press seasons ahead of the up- tracts millions of visitors
blaze of pyrotechnics. on. and choreography for WET coming premiere. She said every year. It has nightly
The 3½-minute spectacle “We have to make sure Design. “(That) was the she came to the casino-re- shows with recorded music
that left a crowd of on- that the fountain gives the hard part of the choreog- sort after seeing a mention ranging from Andrea Bo-
lookers cheering debuted same kind of energy, the raphy because it’s continu- on social media about the celli and Sarah Brightman’s
two weeks ahead of the same kind of drama, that ously energetic and con- special show and wonder- duet “Time to Say Good-
scheduled premiere of the people are associating tinuously up and loud and ing if it would include any bye” to Sin City’s unofficial
HBO fantasy series’ final this music with,” said Peter strong, and choreography spoilers. hymn “Viva Las Vegas”
season. Kopik, director of design had to reflect the same “I had chills for the entire sung by Elvis Presley.q
The streaming water
formed the show’s icon-
ic throne and crown. A
towering 800-foot-long
(244-meter) wall of water
emerged from the lake.
The display, however, in-
tentionally did not reveal
any elements of the new
season.
“We didn’t just want to
portray literally scenes from
‘Game of Thrones’ here,
not like a teaser or a pre-
view of season eight,” said
Mark Fuller, CEO of WET
Design, the company that
created the fountains and
show. “We want to bring
you the emotion.”
At the heart of the foun-
tain show is the giant wall
of water. It represents the
ice wall that defines the
TV show, but also serves
as a surface onto which
the creators project falling
snow, the series’ logo and
the silhouettes of the drag-
ons breathing orange and
blue flames.
The company worked with
the series’ composer Ra-
min Djawadi to create a
special score that along
with the dancing water
aimed to capture the ex-
citement of the TV hit.
The fountain show be-
gins by dropping musical
hints of the TV series, using
Djawadi’s “Winter is Here”
from the seventh season. It
comes to full force as the
show’s recognizable “Main
Titles” theme song comes