NASHVILLE – For the first Innovation in Music Awards, held June 6 at the Westin in Nashville, LD Bob Peterson turned to Bandit Lites for a rig that would work well with the venue’s low ceiling and keep attention focused on the honorees. He used HES’ framing SoloSpot 2000s for key light and RobeCYC FX8 for scenic light and beam effects.
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COLOGNE, Germany – When Let’s Dance, the German version of Dancing with the Stars / Strictly Come Dancing, celebrated its 10th anniversary series recently, lighting designer David Kreilemann decided to place special emphasis on the versatile and powerful XR 440 BWS moving head from PR Lighting.
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RIMINI, Italy – The second annual MiR (Music Inside Rimini) exhibition ran from May 7-9, 2017 at the Rimini Expo Centre. The event featured live acts performing on stages equipped with gear on display at the show, and made use of nine Litec roof systems ranging in size form 10 by 8 meters to 27 by 13 meters in size.
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TEMPE, AZ – LD John Garberson used Chauvet Professional fixtures to light the musicians performing in triple digit temperatures prior to the annual fireworks display as part of Tempe’s Town Lake Festival. The fixtures provided bright LED output without unleashing too much additional heat on the performers braving the extreme outdoor temperatures.
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BOSTON – Belgium-based Luminex Network Intelligence continues to strengthen its American sales force with the addition of Cardone Solomon & Associates (CSA) representing Luminex in the Northeastern U.S. Right after the announcement was made, CSA unveiled Luminex products to attendees at its CSA New England Tech Showcase in Boston. Pictured here, from left, are Rik Kirby, sales director for the U.S. operations of Luminex; John Cardone, Susan Rullo, CS&A regional manager; John Cardone CS&A co founder/principal, Hugo Larin, director at Luminex America; Mike Solomon, CS&A co-founder/principal; and Richard Trombitas CS&A Regional Manager.
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LONDON – Green Hippo named Annalisa Terranova senior training manager. Terranova will provide training at Green Hippo’s London HQ and conduct HippoSchool Hippotizer training sessions around the world.
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BRISTOL, UK — Utopium provided concert lighting systems for two recent festivals drawing crowds of music lovers to the waterfront in Bristol, U.K. — Bristol Sounds (June 21-24) and Grillstock (July 1-2).
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FREMONT, CA –… Arista Corporation, recognized globally as a leading manufacturer of video wall LCD displays, AV extenders, matrix switchers, AV multiviewers, and related products for the AV installation and industrial markets, is pleased to announce the ARD-1007A 4K KVM HDMI Digital Extender. Designed for use with the HDBaseT global transmission standard of ultra-high-definition video and audio, Ethernet, controls, USB, and up to 20W of power over a single long-distance cable, the new ARD-1007A has a range of 330 feet with the use of CAT-6 cable. The ARD-1007A is HDCP 2.2 compliant and supports EDID communication.
WUPPERTAL, Germany – The German-Israeli co-production St Matthew’s Passion 2727 is a dance oratorio choreographed by Tamir Ginz for the Kamea Dance Company, inspired by the St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) by Johann Sebastian Bach. The show is produced by Bayer Arts & Culture and a co-operation between two opera houses in Leverkusen and Wuppertal in Germany and Beer-Sheva Performing Arts center in Israel. Lighting designer Yaron Abulafia was asked to add his magic and imagination to the intense performance.
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Automated lighting programmers must be very skilled at programming for various types of productions and designers. In most cases, there is a great collaborative working relationship that allows the programmer to share in the creative vision along with the LD. However, there are some shows and LDs that require the programmer to simply enter data into the desk without regard to the end result on stage. In many cases this will occur in theatrical environments, but it could also occur as part of a programming session with any production. It is very important for programmers to be ready to switch to a working format that is purely data entry.
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Lighting designer Martin Thomas and LD Don Weeks joined creative forces on the production design for the Yestival tour featuring Yes, Todd Rundgren and Carl Palmer’s ELP Experience. For Rundgren’s digital media content, Thomas literally sought graphic art services in-house — from his 17-year-old son, Avery. “My youngest son Avery has been doing digital graphic art for a couple of years now,” says Thomas, “and I found many of his pieces worked well with Todd’s music. Lots of compliments from the audience and the press about the look of the show; a lot of it was because of his art.”
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If you are thinking about embarking on a career as a crew member for the Circus of the Sun, let me tell you about my experience, and you can see if you still feel the sunshine.
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