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Rogier Trok Joins the Avolites Team

Rogier Trok

Rogier Trok joins the Avolites international team as sales and technical key account manager for mainland Europe, where he will be based in the Netherlands, and overseeing and coordinating with the pan-European distribution network there. His work will include assisting distributors with sales and demonstrations as well as console and media server training, and ensuring that, in his words, “The users of these great products are always smiling!”Read More »Rogier Trok Joins the Avolites Team

LD Systems Generates 18 Days of Excitement with CHAUVET Professional at San Antonio Rodeo

Every February, the San Antonio Spurs take off on a three-week “Rodeo Road Trip.” No, the NBA team isn’t saddling up and riding broncs and bulls, they’re leaving their home at the 19,000-seat Frost Center to make way for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, an 18-day affair that draws over one million visitors every year. There is something for everyone during this nearly three-week event, from traditional rodeo fare to more esoteric activities like pig racing, as well as carnival games, and concerts by headliner stars, a group that this year included Gary Allan, Cheap Trick, Brooks & Dunn, Randy Rogers Band, Grupo el Duelo, Styx, and Clint Black.Read More »LD Systems Generates 18 Days of Excitement with CHAUVET Professional at San Antonio Rodeo

ADJ Jolt Series Fixtures Dazzle on San Holo’s North American Tour

Running across two legs in the fall of 2023 and early 2024, San Holo’s ‘Existential Dance Music Tour’ featured high-octane production from start to finish. The 33-show run, which included the Dutch EDM artist’s first arena show – at the Kia Forum in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles back in October – featured an intense production which heavily utilized the ADJ Jolt Series of multifunctional LED fixtures.

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Lightswitch Evolves ‘Enchanted Forest of Light‘ with Expanded Elation Lighting Package

 

Leading visual design group, Lightswitch, has overseen lighting design and creative direction for Enchanted Forest of Light at Descanso Gardens in Southern California since 2016. This year, the popular one-mile nighttime walk through colorful and dazzling lighting displays shined brighter than ever with an expanded IP-rated lighting package from Elation that included the company’s new Proteus Hybrid MAX.Read More »Lightswitch Evolves ‘Enchanted Forest of Light‘ with Expanded Elation Lighting Package

CHAUVET Professional Helps Work Magic at Circus Bumba

The rides in Circus Bumba never leave the ground, at least not literally. But when seen through the eyes of a child, they soar high, up to the rarified, faraway space where color meets imagination. Based on the popular Flemish television show of the same name, the recently opened 3,000 m2 themed attraction, in De Panne, Belgium, captivates guests with its bright, cheerful panoramas complete with whimsical characters and fairytale-like scenery.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Helps Work Magic at Circus Bumba

Robe Works up a Sweat for Nathaniel Rateliff Show

Popular Americana and R&B singer songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff and his band The Night Sweats played their show-stopping, sold-out annual homecoming holiday concert at the Ball Arena in Denver, CO, in December. It was the second time the annual event – which has been running for some years – was staged at this venue, after moving to the larger space in 2022. The lighting was crafted by Jeremy Roth, who has been Rateliff ’s Production Designer since 2017. He utilized over 100 Robe moving lights – FORTES, Spiiders, and MegaPointes plus a RoboSpot system – to help make it look spectacular and memorable.Read More »Robe Works up a Sweat for Nathaniel Rateliff Show

LMG and TENCUE Unite in Innovation for Cisco

LMG and TENCUE are excited to showcase their latest collaboration on Cisco IMPACT, highlighting LMG’s game-changing innovations and the unparalleled creative freedom this enabled for TENCUE’s team. Renowned for their commitment to empowering people through multisensory storytelling and creating wonder by pushing creative boundaries, TENCUE, along with partner LMG—an industry expert with nearly four decades of experience in video, audio, LED, and lighting solutions for a range of worldwide events—teamed up to deliver this exceptional event.Read More »LMG and TENCUE Unite in Innovation for Cisco

Roland Greil Designs with Ayrton for the AFC Asian Cup Opening Ceremony in Qatar

On 12 January 2024, Qatar hosted the Opening Ceremony of the AFC Asian Cup at the 88,000-capacity Lusail Stadium, the largest stadium in the Middle East. Unusually for a football tournament, the ceremony was on an unprecedented scale, comprising a full-size stage in midfield with a set featuring sand dunes, colorful costumes, and stunning visuals around a central motif of giant mirrored petals. Simultaneously broadcast internationally across the Middle East, Asia and Australasia, the 21-minute visual extravaganza, Mirrors, The Lost Chapter from the Book of Kelileh Wa Demneh, was a triumph of theatrical story-telling.Read More »Roland Greil Designs with Ayrton for the AFC Asian Cup Opening Ceremony in Qatar

The 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards Stage Design Pays Homage to the History of Animation and Motion Pictures

On Sunday, February 18th, the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards winners were announced in a star-studded ceremony hosted by David Tennant at The Royal Festival Hall in London. Celebrating the very best in the past year’s film, the 2024 EE BAFTAs featured a stage designed by award-winning designer Julio Himede from New York design firm Yellow Studio, who orchestrated a set design that not only matched the glamour of the evening, but also spoke to the creation of motion pictures.Read More »The 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards Stage Design Pays Homage to the History of Animation and Motion Pictures

Andrew Dingman Immerses at Crossroads Winter Conference with CHAUVET Professional

Low trim heights, limited hang points, the lack of house lights… these challenges seem to be present when lighting an event at any big ballroom. They certainly were at the Gatlinburg Convention center when Andrew Dingman set out to light the Clayton King Ministries’ Crossroad Winter Conference this January.Read More »Andrew Dingman Immerses at Crossroads Winter Conference with CHAUVET Professional