PARIS – ADB France has completed a major upgrade of the stage lighting dimmers at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, replacing the dimmers originally installed for the theatre's opening in 1989.
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BRNO, Czech Republic – A joint production extending the Got Talent TV talent franchise into the Czech and Slovak Republics was staged in Exhibition Hall Z of the Brno Exhibition Centre, CZ, and lit by leading Slovakian lighting designer Martin Kubanka.
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ORLANDO, FL – After nearly 60 years in the same building, Edgewater High School's roof and walls were crumbling. A large chunk of the Orlando school's auditorium ceiling had actually caved in. So in January 2011, Edgewater's students made a long-overdue move.
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Martin Professional's PC-based lighting software, LightJockey 2, is now shipping with the new Martin One-Key protection device, one Martin USB DUO DMX and the MSD5 MC Edition 3D Visualizer.
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LONDON – Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) has completed the installation of a media wall feature that serves as the visual centerpiece in the foyer of the new 11-story building at 110 Fetter Lane (a site formally known as Rolls & Arnold House).
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LONDON – Ruari Cormack, technical director of the Riverside Studios Trust, recently turned to Martin Professional's diminutive-yet-bright MAC 101 LED moving head luminaire as an alternative to conventional lighting fixtures.
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DURBAN, South Africa – If South Africa's sizable population with Indian ancestry grappled with divided loyalties for a recent cricket match between the best players from both countries at Moses Mabhida Stadium, the quandary facing Gearhouse South Africa's Tim Dunn, who oversaw the stage, set and visual design for a televised concert during the event, was getting the whole project installed and ready in less than a week's time despite project-hampering rainstorms.
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IZEAUX, France – Budillon Rabatel invested more than $20 million to upgrade its quarry here, and when that job was done, the company hired Euro Sono Alex T'Rem to light the gravel pit for a celebration. Euro Sono manager Alexandre Jeannerod used PR Lighting fixtures for the task.
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DALLAS – Prestonwood Baptist's Gift of Christmas was a big holiday bundle with large-scale LED video and over 800 cues. Gemini Stage Lighting provided LD Matt Webb and lighting director James Maddux with 107 Vari*Lite luminaires for the event, including 35 VL3500 Spot, 40 VL3000Q Spot and 32 VL3500 Wash fixtures complementing the church's house rig of 12 VL3000Q Spot, six VL3500Q Spot and six VL3500 Wash fixtures.
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The AT-laser projector series from tarm Showlaser, seen at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, is a modularly designed, multi-color laser system based on optically-pumped semiconductor lasers covering a full range of colors.
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DALLAS – Christie Lites announced a lawsuit against Stageco over the June, 2009 lighting tower collapse at the Fort Worth Stockyards prior to a televised motocross event.
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HUDDERSFIELD, U.K. – Huddersfield's Festival of Light took place in early December in St. George's Square, and related events included the Trail of Light for local landmarks, included a dynamic lighting design for the exterior of the Media Centre building.
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