LD Robert Sondergaard’s “Reverse Collaboration” Uses Martin Fixtures from Christie Lites

BURNABY, BC — If dance productions are traditionally a pas de deux between dance and lighting movements, with choreographed dance routines dictating the sway and flow of illumination, there’s no law saying you can’t reverse the creative process and give lighting the creative leading role. For the culmination of MovEnt’s annual project called “Today in the Theatre,” LD Robert Sondergaard did just that, with an assist from Martin fixtures provided by Christie Lites.

ATLANTA — Hip hop duo OutKast hit the road this year for the first time in a decade. The 20^th anniversary featured three nights of hometown performances Sept. 26-28 at Centennial Olympic Park here. LD/programmer Daunté Kenner of DK Production Design shaped the looks and Atlanta Sound and Lighting provided the gear, which included Elation’s new Platinum SBX moving head fixtures.

LAS VEGAS — The Cyndi Lauper/Harvey Fierstein staged musical collaboration, Kinky Boots, a hit in Chicago in 2012 before its successful 2013 Broadway debut, kicked off its first national tour at the Smith Center here on Sept. 4, 2014 with a PRG-supplied lighting rig specified by LD Kenneth Posner. The tour rig includes 18 COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tour fixtures from Chauvet Professional. PRG also provided gear for Kinky Boots’ pre-Broadway and Broadway engagements.

CINCINNATI, OH — Terrence Spivey, artistic director at Cleveland’s historic Karamu House theatre, will deliver the keynote address at USITT’s 2015 Annual Conference & Stage Expo, which is set to take place at Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati from March 18-21, 2015. Spivey will open the four-day convention for technical theatre professionals, which is expected to draw close to 5,000 members of the backstage industry.

NASHVILLE, TN – For Garth Brooks’ recent shows, Bandit Lites provided lighting gear including recently-purchased Robe Robin 1200 LEDWash fixtures. LD Dave Butzler used the fixtures to create a variety of eye candy effects and color patterns along with wash coverage.

NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites continues expanding its inventory with a purchase of German Light Products impression X4 and X4S fixtures. These high output LED’s utilize power, flexibility and a compact design to give designers the phenomenal lighting effects needed to take their audiences’ breath away.

Primeview USA has teamed with Lightware USA and High Resolution Systems to feature the manufacturers’ equipment in their Partnership Showroom. The models shown include the MX-FR17 17×17 Digital Matrix Router populated with HDMI 1.4 inputs and outputs that handle up to 4K resolutions and HDBaseT outputs. Some HDBaseT outputs of the Lightware matrix are directly connected to HDBaseT inputs on the Primeview displays and other are connected to Lightware HDMI-TPS-RX95 HDBaseT receivers.