LONDON – Belgian automation specialist WIcreations designed the rotation and sliding system for Stageco, the company that built the moving elements of the stage for.Beyoncé’s “Formation” world tour, including the tour’s memorable Vide Monolith sculpture.
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ROME – The Colosseum in Rome – world famous heritage site and one of Italy’s most popular tourist attractions – was originally constructed in 70 – 80 AD and is the largest amphitheater ever built. This summer it was reopened after three years of extensive refurbishments – the first in its history. The momentous occasion involved a high profile gala event. A special classical program was played by the Accademia Teatro alla Scala conducted by Zubin Mehta, and the Colosseum was lit by lighting designer Giancarlo Toscani who utilized twenty Robe BMFL WashBeams for this unique occasion.
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LAS VEGAS — It’s almost here! One week from Thursday, on Oct. 20, bright and early at 7 a.m., onsite registration for the 2016 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Classic Golf Tournament begins. Early birds can warm up on the driving range, participate in the putting contest, nosh on a continental breakfast and take in the beauty of the spectacular Siena Golf Club against the foothills of Red Rock Canyon. The tournament’s shotgun start is 8 a.m.
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GLP’s upgraded 30-watt version of their X4 atom fixture adds a new high power light source into the unit, doubling its brightness and enhancing its optical efficiencies. The brighter 30 Watt RGBW LED source is from the same family used across all GLP’s X4 range. This ensures full color matching across fixtures and enables the X4 atom to really cut through, despite its compact size.
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MANCHESTER, U.K.- Blackmagic Design noted that the European division of Perfect World Entertainment implemented a live production solution making use of Blackmagic’s Micro Studio Camera 4K, ATEM Production Studio 4K and HyperDeck Studio 12G. Based out of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Perfect World’s European office also upgraded its streaming capabilities using Blackmagic Design.
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NASHVILLE – Reggae rock band Rebelution has been touring in support of their fifth studio album, Falling Into Place, with fixtures from Pulse Lighting and Bandit Lites. Lighting designer Kenny Gribbon outfitted truss with VL 3500 Spots and four ladders descending on to the stage with Bandit supplied Robe Pointes placed on alternating rungs. A circle truss at the center of the stage provides a focal point, while Bandit’s GRNLite LED Pars are placed upstage for floor lighting.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – US presidential debates are serious business, but that doesn’t mean they can’t also be surrounded by some festive touches. Such was the case at Washington University in St. Louis, host of the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The school, which has hosted five debates in the past, was buzzing with excitement in the days leading up to the 2016 contest, with a parade through campus by the famous Budweiser Clydesdales, pre-debate buffets featuring the candidates’ favorite foods, and a colorful red, white and blue lighting display anchored by a collection of fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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Luminex Network Intelligence will introduce LumiSplit, a new range of DMX/RDM splitters, at LDI 2016 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Oct. 21-23. Visitors to Luminex booth #2774 will discover how to take RDM to the next level.
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PRETORIA, South Africa – Classics is Groot is a new musical performance extravaganza staged at the 6,500 capacity Moreleta Auditorium in Pretoria, South Africa, produced by the same creative team from Coleske Artists who deliver the well-received Afrikaans is Groot production each year. The full technical production – lighting, sound, video, staging and rigging – was supplied by MGG, project managed by Denzil Smith. LD Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier specified several types of Robe moving lights including BMFL Blades and WashBeams.
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LAS VEGAS – Elation is gearing up for LDI with new gear to be featured at the show, which runs from Oct. 20-22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. At the company’s Booth 2515, featured products will include the Platinum 1200 Wash and three new product series — the Fuze Series of dynamic LED wash lights (pictured here), the ZCL Series of high-output LED effects and the DTW Series of variable white LED lights.
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NEW YORK – New York Fashion Week (NYFW) gives the world a sneak peek into the most incredible fashion designs that will be in stores for the upcoming season. Fashion moguls look to outshine one another not only with their new collections but with an elaborate runway show. In comes BLT Productions to make these runway shows possible using gear from 4Wall New York. BLT has been involved with NYFW since the late 1980s in some form or another. This season, BLT provided production services for Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Hugo Boss, and Coach, among others.
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OWATONNA, MN – Wenger and Secoa have entered into what they call “advanced talks” to combine the two companies, with Secoa becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Wenger.
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