They do it well, but none quick as slickly and crisply as Jackson did (especially the performers on the left side, for some strange reason). One of the guys on the right really nails it though, well done to him.

You can also see them spending some time getting into position and locking their boot in, there are dancers in front so the audience will be distracted for much of it. The perils of rewindable video!

From your description, it sounds like the move looks better or worse from different angles.

If you watch the video you'll see what I mean - the left side (and some on the right) just gets into position less smoothly and don't have the rigid straight spine Jackson did for the move.

No, it's about the experience that is required to make it look seamless. Some performers have less experience. The front ont on the left side was ok but the two others were messy.

What on earth is going on with the belly flops? How are they surviving / rebounding from that without puking?

Is it secretly a full trampoline, not a pad? Anything less than a spring would cause blunt trauma, let alone neck whiplash.

It seems to be essentially a full trampoline. You should see the show live, it’s really amazing. Even the people I’ve brought that are not into Michael Jackson wound up loving it. This particular segment is in the Vegas show but is far more impressive within the full production on their much larger stage.

I’d say it’s the best Cirque du Soleil show in Vegas, and I’ve seen all of them over the years.

Its a spring floor.

Great show; saw it live last November.