'Mermaid' sequel takes plunge in Monte Carlo

September 09, 2008 To plunge the international press into a deeply authentic mermaid experience, French composer Michel Redolfi, will stage an underwater concert in a heated pool lined with state-of-the-art speakers and a live solo percussionist in full scuba gear for the floating audience. Redolfi, 56, who has been creating sound installations underwater in swimming pools and oceans around the world -- including La Jolla, Calif., Sydney and Cannes -- for more than two decades, admits that the underwater landscape is not as silent as you might think. Disney also has teamed with French marine explorer Maud Fontenoy, who will speak about her environmental protection programs, and American choreographer Cecilie Stuart, whose dance team worked in sync with the animation artists.

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