ADJ’s XS Series includes compact single- and dual-axis moving heads equipped with 10W LEDs that serve up a sharp 5-degree beam angle. All are capable of 360-degree continuous rotation. The XS 600 offers continuous rotation of head and yoke. The XS 400 and XS 200 allow for continuous rotation, or spinning, of the head only.
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MIAMI – Club designer Michael Meacham of iDesign created a new look on the terrace of downtown Miami club E11EVEN using Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Washes. He also used Chauvet DJ Intimidator Spot LED 350 moving fixtures.
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ATLANTA – The recently released 20th Century Fox movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip features a scene at the Gold Room nightclub in Atlanta. The nightspot is equipped with an assortment of Elation and ADJ fixtures. Lighting programmer Jared Greenstein designed the looks for the performance with help from gaffer Dan Cornwall.
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PIATRA-OLT, Romania – Prolyte Group, manufacturer of trussing and staging systems, opened a new factory to meet rising demand for the company’s products. The total group manufacturing capacity will grow by 250 percent, according to the company.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. – Wavelength Stageco Ltd (WSL) has invested in Elation Professional lighting products over the past few months, adding Elation SixPar 200 LED PAR lights, Colour Chorus 48 LED battens and Opti Quad Par LED color changers along with Platinum Beam 5R, Platinum Spot 15R Pro and Platinum Wash ZFX moving heads. Pictured here: Elation’s Alan Rayner (left) with WSL’s Glen Brazil.
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LONDON – Nitelites LD Shaun Moore, who controlled a show for Frank Turner at Alexandra Palace recently, leveraged Avolites’ Titan V9 Multi-User feature to network a Sapphire Touch and Tiger Touch II. The Sapphire Touch served as the main console, with the Tiger Touch II (TTII) used as Multi User and Back up. The system ran Art-Net through a Main and Back Up Luminex System.
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TEL AVIV, Israel – Israel-based lighting and audio rental specialist Mor Kol is supplying Robe moving lights for the current tour featuring Shimon Buskila, one of the country’s best-known and popular singer / songwriters. Twelve new Pointes and 12 MMX Spots are being used for the tour designed by Amit Freeman.
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DETROIT – LMG Touring provided lighting and LED support for GRiZMAS II, a 12-day fundraiser capped with a concert featuring Grant Kwiecinski, a.k.a. GRiZ. The asymmetrical design featured 90 of LMG’s 18MM LED tiles and 60 of the company’s 12MM LED LightSlices along with Clay Paky Sharpys, Martin MAC Auras. Production Manager and Lighting Designer Ian Davis used a grandMA console for control, and show elements rolled in on carts for easy setup-teardown.
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GIZA, Egypt — For Yanni’s sold-out, two-show run at the Great Pyramids of Egypt, which took place over the 2015 Halloween weekend, Prolite Event Solutions provided Martin’s MAC Viper AirFXs, MAC Quantum Washes, MAC 2000 Profiles and MAC 700 Washes. The shows were captured in 4K high-definition audio/video and will air in March as part of a PBS special entitled “Yanni: The Dream Concert – Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt,” which will also be released on DVD and Blu-ray.
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SAN PELLEGRINO TERME, Italy – The Casinò Municipale di San Pellegrino Terme turned to Clay Paky fixtures – including some vintage gear – for a lighting solution. LD Giuseppe Cividini incorporated more than 100 Clay Paky GlowUp LED uplighters along with older but still functional Clay Paky V.I.P. 300s and with a Clay Paky glass optical unit from 1995.
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NEW YORK – More than 50 GLP impression X4 LED moving heads made a recent TV appearance on Legends: OWN at the Apollo, a four-part prime-time special featuring icons such as Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind & Fire.
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SHANGHAI, China – The Shanghai Grand Theatre (SGT) featured performances by the Martha Graham Dance Company. LD Nick Hung lit Graham’s classics with Source Four LED luminaires controlled by a Gio lighting-control system. ETC’s Chinese dealer, Hangzhou YiDaShi Lighting Equipment Co., Ltd., also played a significant role in the event by providing technical support for the show.
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