BERGAMO, Italy – Central Asia’s oil-rich Turkmenistan celebrated the 20th anniversary of its independence with a multimedia extravaganza lit by Luc Lafortune. The designer of Cirque du Soliel, amog other shows, kept the Turkmen aesthetic in mind, using a large complement of Clay Paky moving heads from Roome-based Agora.
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NEW YORK – WorldStage Inc. supported the final championship event Dec. 17 for Showtime Sports’ “Super Six World Boxing Classic” at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. “The championship was an enhanced version of a normal boxing match,” says Jim Ferrara, lighting designer/production manager with Frank Gatto Lighting. So WorldStage delivered the additional bells and whistles: a lot more lighting effects, video playback and enhanced audio.
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MONTREAL, QUEBEC – Fog manufacturer MDG has been named the exclusive Canadian distributor of Robe and Anolis lighting fixtures. MDG’s Martin Michaud said the company was on the lookout for a lighting product to complement their array of products. MDG will carry promote and support the full range of Robe and Anolis entertainment and architectural lighting products.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Reed Rigging provided production rigging support for a specially designed and constructed set for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon television show broadcast from Indianapolis’ Hilbert Circle Theatre. The Indianapolis-based broadcasts coincided with the NFL’s Super Bowl week.
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FAIRVIEW, NJ – iWeiss Theatrical Solutions has named Monty McWilliams as Director of Marketing & Sales. McWilliams comes from Apollo Design Technology, where for the past 11 years he was Marketing Director. McWilliams holds both a Masters in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Ball State University in Muncie, IN.
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AUSTIN, TX – The Austin City Limits TV series had a number of challenges when moving into its new, larger studio, The Moody Theatre in downtown Austin, TX. From a studio holding 325 spectators to a venue holding 2,700 for multi purposes, lighting needed to be flexible but specific. Part of the system lighting director Walter Olden chose included Philips Strand Lighting LEKO LITE luminaires and a Light Palette VL control console.
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LONDON – UK-based LD Derek Jones had a busy autumn season with two legendary British artists, Cliff Richard and The Hollies. With both tours overlapping, Jones bought a new Vista S1 out on The Hollies, while he called on Lars Kristiansen to operate Cliff Richard and the Shadows on his Vista S3.
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SERIATE, Italy – Singapore’s AVALON boasts the largest club installation of Clay Paky Sharpy moving beam lights. The new celebrity playground features 24 Clay Paky Sharpy, 18 Alpha Spot HPE 700, 4 Alpha Spot 300, and 4 Alpha Beam 300 luminaires, run by a grandMA ultra-light console (with 26 units of MA 2Port Nodes) to handle the multiple DMX universes used in the overall lighting scheme. There are plans to install more Clay Paky fixtures in the second phase of the lighting design for the future.
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DALLAS – So successful was the 2011 tour that this year Roxette will embark on yet another ‘Round the World’ popfest with another 65 shows planned for 2012. LD Calle Brattberg will be with them, again using Philips Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot luminaires as the backbone of the design.
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