"Carmen (Overture)", composed by Georges Bizet and performed by The Just Dance Orchestra, is featured on Just Dance 2018. In the game, the title is spelled in French as "Carmen (Ouverture)".
Appearance of the Dancer
P1
P1 wears a traditional suit of lights. This consists of a small blue jacket with two golden strips on both sleeves and two black strips on the front. Under that, he wears a bright yellow shirt. His pants are blue with a big golden strip along his legs and a black strip on his hips. He has black shoes with bright yellow socks. On his head, he wears a traditional montera hat that has a golden stripe.
P2
Similar to P1, P2 wears a traditional suit of lights. This consists of a small red jacket with two golden strips on both sleeves and two black strips on the front. Under that, he wears a bright yellow shirt. His pants are red with a big golden strip along his legs a black strip on his hips. He has black shoes with bright yellow socks. On his head, he wears a traditional montera hat that has a golden stripe. He has a small beard on his chin.
Background
The back round is a pop-up stadium with pop-up cows in each open panel of the "walls". There is a sun in front of a clear sky. As far as fans know, there is a part of the song where it becomes night time and the dancers have spotlights on them and the scenery changes from the cows in the stadium to on the ground.There are roses falling from the sky at one point in the night time scene.
Gold Moves
There are 3 Gold Moves in the routine.
Gold Moves 1 and 2: Put your left hand on your jacket and your right hand diagonally above your head while looking at your right hand
Gold Move 3:
- P1: Leaning to the left, place your right hand on your hip and point your left hand diagonally into the air.
- P2: Leaning to the right, place your left hand on your hip and point your right hand diagonally into the air.
Trivia
- Along with In the Hall of the Pixel King, Carmen (Ouverture) is the third piece of classical music in the series, after Hungarian Dance No. 5 and William Tell Overture.
- justdanceGB titles the preview for Carmen (Overture), using the French word for "overture", as Carmen (Ouverture).[1]
- In both the US and UK preview of the gameplay, the only scoring marks that appear are "OK" and "GOOD".
- During early promotion for the game and before this song was officially confirmed, the coaches palettes were swapped, with P1’s outfit being red and vice versa.
- The bit of music starting at 1:10, is known as the Toreador March.
- Carmen (Overture), along with In the Hall of the Pixel King, Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Love Ward, and the Alternate for Bubble Pop!, were originally planned to be included in Kids Mode. However, they were scrapped for unknown reasons.