MONTREAL – The technical services integration specialists of Solotech were tasked with implementing the technical upgrade of Cirque Éloize headquarters creative studios in the old Gare Dalhousie facilities. In less than a year, despite breakneck deadlines, the firm installed a one-of-a-kind interconnect system to free the Cirque Éloize from obsolescence.
Read More »NANNING, China — One worker was killed and 13 injured in a concert staging accident at Guangxi Sports Center in Nanning, a city near China’s southern border with Vietnam. The accident, during setup for an Oct. 30 concert featuring Taiwan-based popular singer Jolin Tsai, happened at about 5 p.m. local time on Oct. 29.
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NEW YORK – For pop punk band The Wonder Years, LD Victor Zeiser of Squeek Lights and lighting director David Summers collaborated on a series of visual looks that leverage Rogue R2 Washes, Nexus 4×1 bars, COLORdash Batten-Quad 6 fixtures and Vesuvio foggers, all from Chauvet Professional.
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tvONE announced the first shipments of their new 4K output modules for the CORIOmaster (pictured here, top) and CORIOmaster mini (pictured here, bottom). The company also released CORIOgrapher 2.0, the latest version release of their control software for the CORIOmaster systems.
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DUBAI, UAE – For White Club Dubai’s visuals, Procom Middle East provided Avolites gear. The 350+ fixture lighting rig and 150 square meters of LED video screen are driven and fed by Avolites S4 servers, Expert Pro console with Wing and TitanNet Processors.
NASHVILLE – Visitors to the WFX Conference and Expo will have an opportunity to share insights with technical leaders from two leading houses of worship, The Crossing in St. Louis and Gateway Church in Dallas. Chauvet Professional is sponsoring a seminar by Bill Swaringim and Clark Wilbanks from The Crossing on Nov. 18 (10:15-11:15 a.m.) and a session by David Leuschner of Gateway Church Nov. 19 (8-9 a.m.) Both sessions will be held in room 213 at the Music City Center in Nashville.
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LONDON – White Light, production service partner to Central Hall Westminster, a major conference center in central London, is in the process of helping the center upgrade its lighting, AV and rigging systems. As part of this long-term upgrade, which is continuing for several more months, White Light recently added a new motorized rigging system to the Great Hall.
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LOS ANGELES – For the new season of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew (ABDC), which premiered on July 29, LD Victor Fable turning to a lighting rig centering on fixtures from Elation Professional to light the recently revived dance reality show competition. The reality dance show was lit with Elation Platinum SBX hybrid moving heads, Sniper 2R multi-effect lights, Pixel Bar LED strip lights, Colour 5 Profile ellipsoidal spots and Protron 3K LED strobes.
Read More »FRANKFURT – Christopher Sparkes has been named director of marketing communication for Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound. The appointment is effective Nov. 1.
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LAS VEGAS — LDI’s annual conference and exhibition returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center Oct. 19-25, drawing close to 10,000 from 88 countries to view the latest in lighting, staging and video technologies. Chauvet Professional (booth pictured here) and more than 350 other companies exhibited, and new features with this year’s show including a full-scale exhibition of rock ‘n’ roll photographer Neal Preston’s artwork.
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