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Lighting Cos
Steward Independent Production, Performance Lighting Chicago
Venue
Compton Family Ice Arena
Notre Dame, IN
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Protecting Yourself
Safety concerns have been a hot topic in the industry lately. Accidents happen. You can never be prepared for them, but you can help protect yourself. There are a number of safety guidelines and practices available, but one that is not really talked about is insurance.
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Eurovision 2013 Visual Focus Includes the Audience
MALMO, Sweden — If many Americans have still never heard about the Eurovision Song Contest even though it has emerged, in 58 years, as one of the world’s biggest non-sporting TV events, they’ve undoubtedly heard of the stars that the annual event has launched into the entertainment stratosphere over the decades, including ABBA, Céline Dion and Julio Iglesias.
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Designing for the Hollywood High Life
Bette Midler’s one-woman show, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, pulls off a neat trick: having the comedienne enthrall us for 90 minutes while sitting on a couch for nearly the entire running time. Portraying the comically animated yet seriously commanding Mengers, Midler takes us, during the course of a single afternoon, on a journey through her late friend’s life and 30-plus year career, during which she became one of the biggest agents in Hollywood. The story starts with the mega-agent’s shy childhood, builds to the pinnacle of her star agent status, and then leads us to the winding down of her career.
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Bon Jovi “Because We Can” World Tour
At first glance, the design for the Bon Jovi Because We Can world tour looks extremely simple. When the show opens, there is no video screen, just a wide-open stage and not a lot of lights. On the surface, it seems that Performance Environment Designer Doug “Spike” Brant has taken a severely minimalistic design approach. Nothing could be further from the truth; however. Instead, the environment reveals itself, literally at the cue of the video. Building on their dynamic visuals for the last few Bon Jovi tours, Performance Environment Design Group (PEDG) and Spike Brant have taken advantage of a convergence of new technologies and a few innovative companies to realize their most ambitious design to date.
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Hilton’s ONE Summit
Hilton Worldwide’s ONE: Full Service Summit Tradeshow, held from April 29 through May 1, 2013 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, TX, brought together general managers and sales directors for three of Hilton’s full-service hotel brands — Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree and Embassy Suites.
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Lindsey Stirling: Lighting Live Shows for an Internet Sensation
Lindsey Stirling, 26, combines violin performances with dance and performance art, with live shows picking up the momentum generated by her YouTube channel (lindseystomp.com) and her appearances during the 2010 season of America’s Got Talent as the “Hip Hop Violinist.” Along with hip hop, Stirling performs genres ranging from classical music to dubstep. A major goal for LD Joel Reiff, who worked with lighting director Allison Siegel, was to meet the visual expectations set by the artist’s music video performances, seen online since lindseystomp.com got underway in 2007.
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ADJ Wi-FLY Series
LOS ANGELES — ADJ introduces the fully cordless WiFLY Series, consisting of a wireless DMX transceiver and three compatible battery-powered LED fixtures, which, when used together, eliminate the need for both DMX cables and electrical power cords.
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Green Day 99 Revolutions Tour
Green Day released three albums in quick succession late last year — ¡Uno! (Sept. 21), ¡Dos! (Nov. 9) and ¡Tré! (Dec. 7) — along with a documentary chronicling the process — ¡Cuatro! — that premiered at the X Games in Aspen, CO earlier this year (now available on CD). After some preliminary promotional gigs, the band’s “99 Revolutions” tour supporting the album trilogy started in earnest with a North American leg in March and April 2013. The band then headed to Europe for shows slated from May through August 2013.
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