NASHVILLE – The Team Beachbody health and fitness brand held its most important coach event of the year July 16-19 in Nashville, and Elation gear was there in force on what is, perhaps surprisingly, production company Visions Lighting’s biggest job of the year.
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ROCKHAMPTON, Australia – Ashley Salta, technical supervisor at Rockhampton’s 1,000-seat Pilbeam Theatre often employs projected media effects on their in-house produced productions to save budget, space, time and effort. Salta recently shifted to Green Hippo Hippotizer Amba, a 1RU media server that can store, warp, blend and map content in higher-than-HD resolution from multiple outputs, because it can be integrated into the lighting control system so the effects can be triggered with cues.
MADRID – The third edition of La Voz Espana, the Spanish version of the popular TV singing contest, was won by Antonio José, coached by singer songwriter Antonio Orozco. The series set records for viewership and was lit for the first time by TV LD Iñaki Irastorza, who used Robe’s BMFL Spots and Pointes in his design.
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CHICAGO, Ill – The summer of music festivals continues for Bandit Lites as they once again teamed up with lighting designer Seth Jackson and the team at 3SRCreative to provide lighting for Lollapalooza, one of the biggest musical events of every year. A record-tying 300,000 filled Grant Park to see the hottest EDM acts, legends and the music industry’s hottest chart toppers.
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INDIO, CA – GLP’s X4 LED fixtures made their festival debut at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. They were used at the Sahara Tent during the two-weekend event staged April 10–12 and 17–19, where featured acts included Alesso, Porter Robinson, DJ Snake, R3hab, Oliver Heldens, Keys N Krates, Alvin Risk, Trippy Turtle, Peking Duk and DJP.
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MALDIVES – Working for local technical production and solutions company POP JOY headed by Asad Haneef, London-based large format projection specialist The Projection Studio (TPS) was asked to assist in providing spectacular pitch video projections at the Galolhu National Football Stadium in Malé, for the Maldives 50th Independence celebrations.
Read More »MINNEAPOLIS — On Aug. 12 at about 10 p.m., chunks of ceiling and water cascaded onto the floor at First Avenue, the home venue for Prince that was featured in the movie, Purple Rain. Three were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center. None of the injuries were life threatening.
Read More »LONDON – The Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) Theatre judging panel has announced its shortlist for this year’s ceremony, which will take place at London’s Troxy club on Sunday 4th October.
Read More »SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Event Safety Alliance announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Dutch public events organization Vereniging van EvenementenMakers (VVEM).
Read More »LOUISVILLE, Ky- Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein announced the 2015-2016 Apprentice/Intern (A/I) Company. Each year, Actors Theatre of Louisville invites the most talented and highly motivated early-career theatre professionals in the nation to undertake a nine-month long training program.
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MIDDLETOWN, WI – ETC promoted David Hilton to associate regional manager for the western U.S., a new position. Hilton will work with Randy Pybas, West Coast regional manager, on sales and support for one of ETC’s largest regions. Hilton joined ETC in 2007 as field project coordinator for the western sales region.