Video of the Week: Avolites at LDI 2016
Philips Lighting Names German Distribution Partner
AMSTERDAM — Philips Lighting named cast as its distribution partner in Germany. As official distributor, cast has integrated Philips Vari-Lite moving head luminaires into its stock. The company will also hold a wider range of Philips Selecon LED fixtures, Strand Lighting control consoles and Showline effects lights.
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USITT Invests Close to a Half a Million Dollars in Rigging Safety, Diversity Initiative and Research Grants
SYRACUSE, NY – The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Board of Directors has committed an unprecedented $500,000 to increase the impact of some of the organization’s most important programs, including Rigging Safety, Gateway Diversity and Innovation Research Grants.
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Big E Farm Show Stage Brightens with Chauvet Lighting and Video Gear
SPRINGFIELD, MA – For musical acts performing at the 2016 Big E farm show in Springfield, MA, LD Spencer Lavoie used a rig that included Rogue fixtures and PVP S7 LED video panels from Chauvet Professional.
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China’s ‘Encore Dunhuang’ Travels Through Time with Support from d3 Technologies
DUNHUANG, China — The immersive Chinese theater piece, ‘Encore Dunhuang,’ recently debuted at the first Silk Road Dunhuang International Cultural Expo. The long-awaited show was directed by one of China’s most famous directors, Wang Chaoge, who was the co-director of the opening ceremony at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The production, staged in The Aqua Blue Theatre in Dunhuang, China, made use of d3 media servers.
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Winterparty ’16 in Dublin Gets Avolites Assist
DUBLIN, Ireland – Electronic dance music lighting designer Conor Biddle specified an Avolites Sapphire Touch console to power his beat-perfect, immersive design for Winterparty ’16, which returned to Ireland’s 3Arena in October after a 12-year hiatus. Inspired by the lighting at Las Vegas super-clubs, Biddle designed an intense, high-production show to celebrate the mammoth dance event’s welcome return, which saw an epic line-up including Skream, Matador and Sven Vath.
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Elation DW Pendant Variable White Light Downlight
Elation Professional’s popular Colour Pendant™ color-changing RGBW LED luminaire is now available in a variable white light version, the DW Pendant™. This new, highly versatile, ETL approved LED luminaire allows for dynamic white light control of stage or house lighting levels in an energy-efficient downlighting fixture.
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Auckland Live Adds Robe Fixtures to Inventory
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Auckland Live is a busy umbrella organization running all the live performance venues in New Zealand’s largest performing arts and convention center complex … right in the heart of the city. Their existing stock of Robe moving lights is now boosted with the addition of 44 new LED moving lights – 12 x DL4S Profiles and 32 x LEDWash 800s to help them illuminate all the various events at a multitude of venues.
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Johnny Strife, LD for PNN TV in Cambodia, Wins Zero 88’s Design Contest
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Johnny Strife, head of lighting and LD at PNN TV in Cambodia, won a Zero 88 FLX console after his entry, including a photo and caption, was reviewed by a judging panel organized by Zero 88.
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In Memoriam: Kendall E. Carter, 53
OLD HICKORY, TN — Kendall E. Carter, 53, died Nov. 23, 2016 at his home in Old Hickory, TN, near Nashville. Born in Baker, LA, near Baton Rouge, he hit the road at age 19, heading out to Los Angeles and joining Showlites. He toured with top rock and country acts and helped Rhino launch its Louisiana office before joining VER as a project manager in 2012.
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Nice Catch For SLX
LONDON – SLX has provided the lighting equipment for award winning actor, Mark Rylance’s, show “Nice Fish” at The Harold Pinter Theatre for Sonia Friedman Productions. The show which opened to critical acclaim last year on Broadway opened on the 25th November 2016 at The Harold Pinter Theatre, London. Lighting design was provided by USA based Japhy Weideman. Programming was by Andi Davis.
Outlook and Dimensions Dance Music Festival in Croatia Get Visual Assist from Avolites Consoles, Ai Media Servers
CROATIA – Avolites control consoles and Ai media servers powered beat-perfect visuals across Outlook and Dimensions, two of Croatia’s leading dance music festivals, seamlessly merging lighting and video to immerse and enthrall the crowds of revelers. The sister festivals are held every year in Croatia’s medieval town of Pula in the ruins of the town’s 150-year-old Fort, ‘Punto Christo’. Providing the lighting and video aspects for both Outlook and Dimensions was Fineline Lighting, which has been involved in the festivals since 2012.
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