LAS VEGAS — Le Rêve, the aquatic spectacle running at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, has a one million-gallon “stage,” featuring diving, acrobatics, and dance — all in a milieu of lighting and special effects. Franco Dragone, who also played a key role in Mystere, La Nouba and the stage show for Céline Dion, created the production.
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LONDON — LD Mark Kenyon wanted some new effects for the final installment of the BBC’s latest Strictly Come Dancing series, and thought it fitting to try Robe DigitalSpot 7000DTs. They made the cut, and Kenyon went on to use the new gear for the Christmas Special edition as well, shown here.
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC — Jim Tetlow and Nautilus Entertainment Design have been selected as lighting designers for the 2009 inaugural balls and candlelight dinners at the Presidential Inauguration this week. The project includes 13 events in 10 different locations around Washington, D.C.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — The edifices of the buildings in Brazil’s capital were animated by Christie projectors during the city’s Luzes de Sao Paulo (Lights of Sao Paulo) from Dec. 12-28, turning the landmarks into big screens for HD multimedia images of urban and Christmas themes.
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LOS ANGELES — Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) partnered with Martin Brinkerhoff Associates (MBA) to light Hyundai’s Green initiatives for the automotive press at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The manufacturers’ complete product line was then shown to the public.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX — LightParts Inc. marked five years since its incorporation. Don Pugh and Robert Mokry founded the company in Jan. 2004 as a service center for High End Systems’ legacy products, such as Intellabeam, Emulator, Dataflash, Laser Chorus and others.
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LONDON — Lighting designer/director Ali Bale, who has used Avolites consoles for the last 15 years, specified an Avolites Pearl Expert console to control lighting for the Kings of Leon’s Only By The Night tour.
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NEW YORK — LD Lee Rose of Design Partners Inc. used Robe’s ColorSpot 1200E ATs and REDWash 3-192 LED wash lights for portions of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve aired on ABC. Dick Clark has hosted the show since 1973. Since 2005, Ryan Seacrest has hosted the outdoor show in Times Square with Clark based in a studio.
Read More »NEW YORK — Strand Lighting has opened a new office in Manhattan to serve the New York market. The company also named Phil Folene, previously the inside sales rep for Strand’s New York representative, to direct customer support in the city. Folene joins Pete Borchetta, northeast regional manager, and Bobby Harrell, lighting designer and controls specialist, in the new office.
Read More »July 24-26, 2009 Burien, WA www.estafoundation.org
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NEW YORK — Since 1967, the Paul Winter Consort has embraced musical styles and instruments from African, Asian, and South American cultures and fusing those rhythms with American jazz. Sapsis Rigging’s support of the group’s Winter Solstice performance at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine included hoisting one of its riggers about 70 feet high. The rigger, Scott “Gong Guy” Sloan, also happens to be a musician, and he performed with the group by playing a suspended 8-foot-diameter tam.
Read More »Sept. 4-9, 2009 Messe Berlin Berlin, Germany www.ifa-berlin.de
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