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“Shadowland” Tours Germany with ETC Lighting Support

Shadowland (c) Emmanuel Donny

“Shadowland” Tours Germany with ETC Lighting Support

MUNICH, Germany – Acrobatic performances and the play of light and shadows are the ingredients for the tour of Shadowland – a performance piece from the Connecticut-based dance company Piobolus. With their bodies, the performers create shadow silhouettes including those of elephants, faces, buildings and cars. Assisting with this shadow play are several ETC Source Four incandescent fixtures, as well as Gio and Ion lighting control systems.

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G-Max 150 from Blizzard Lighting

Blizzard Lighting G-Max150

Blizzard Lighting’s G-Max 150 LED moving head fixture features a bright 150-watt LED light source, fast pan and tilt, crisp aerial effects, a 7-color +open color wheel and two gobo wheels, each with 7 gobos, including 7 that are rotating, indexing and interchangeable.

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Show Technology lit the Hair Raiser at Luna Park with Martin VC-Dot 4's.

Show Technology Lights Thrill Ride with 800 Martin VC-Dot 4 Fixtures

SYDNEY, Australia – Sydney’s Luna Park has a new ride that raises you 50 meters above sea level for a bird’s eye view of the magical city before unceremoniously dropping you over 80 km’s an hour back to earth via an edge of your seat, white knuckle experience. Appropriately called the Hair Raiser, the ride has been lit in spectacular style acting as a beacon in the night sky.

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Imagine Dragons stage set up. Scissor lifts with full computerized show control. Photo: All Access Staging & Productions.

Imagine Dragons Super Bowl Ad Got Behind-the-Scenes Boost from Creative Conners, All Access Staging

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Target ads featuring Las Vegas-based band Imagine Dragons that were seen by a record TV viewing audience during Super Bowl 2015 got a behind-the-scenes boost from Creative Conners. The company’s control products helped elevate the stage from All Access Staging & Productions that the band used for the commercial. The photo here, from All Access Staging, shows the stage in its lowered position; the image below shows the stage in its extended mode.

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2015 Hog Factor programming competition sponsored by High End Systems

HES Announces 2015 “Hog Factor” Competition

AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems launched its Hog Factor national collegiate lighting show programming competition two years ago. Eligible participants include students enrolled at recognized colleges and universities throughout the U.S. The top college lighting teams in the country will be invited to the 2015 LDI trade show in Las Vegas, where they will compete for prizes including a Hog 4 console (MSRP $44,000), a $20,000 scholarship for their school and an internship at High End Systems, with the opportunity to join the company full time following a successful trial period.

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Blackmagic Design ATEM Switcher Update 6.3

Blackmagic Design announced the immediate availability of ATEM Switcher Update 6.3, which adds new advanced power macros that let customers operate dozens of switcher features instantly and in parallel with a single button press. The new power macros are unique because they are extremely easy to build and because they’re located in the switcher, they are available on every control panel for all users.

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