Taylor Swifts Speak Now Tour Only Looks Effortless
Taylor Swift on stage in Seoul, South Korea on the Asian leg of her 2011 Speak Now World Tour. Photo courtesy of Taylorswift.com.
Taylor Swifts Speak Now World Tour is a complex production that Taylor, her band, dancers and crew make look effortless night in and night out. The tour was far from effortless to plan, however, and despite how easy Taylor makes it look, she spent nearly a year preparing for the show.
Putting together this tour was something that took about a year, Taylor said. This tour is incredibly detailed and it took a while to really get all the pieces put together. That involved me learning how to be hoisted out of a pop up lift, like youre being launched out of a catapult, launched out of the floor and all those little things that just kind of elevated this show and made it special.
It wasnt just Taylor who had to learn all of those little things. The dancers that travel with her had to memorize a significant amount of complex choreography. All of it had to be learned and it took a long time but it was worth it in the end, Taylor said.
The U.S. leg of the tour will wrap in mid-November before heading to Australia and New Zealand in early 2012. Taylor will release Speak Now World Tour: Live, a live CD/DVD collection of her Speak Now World Tour, on November 21.
