Carrie Underwood’s The Denim & Rhinestones Tour includes the artist performing “Crazy Angels” while she’s suspended in midair. As she floats to the stage, an enormous pair of LED neon wings glide with her. City Theatrical recently shared an informative case study about this impressive scenic element.
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Lighting Designer Marsha Stern started out lighting for discos in the 1970s before transitioning into architectural and architainment lighting projects in the 90s. She has a podcast, Heartbeat of the Dance Floor® that looks back fondly on the glory days of disco. In episode #12, Stern has assembled a lighting design panel to discuss lighting in those early days. Here is the video replay of A Lighting Panel with Special Guests Ken Billington, Jason Kantrowitz, (KB Associates / The Red Parrot), Anne Militello (Vortex Lighting / California Institute of the Arts), and Paul Gregory (Focus Lighting / Saturday Night Fever dance floor):
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A festival celebrating the earliest form of aviation was complemented by the very latest in aviation technology, when drone show specialist Verge Aero flew a series of spectacular light shows for the 50th anniversary Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (AIBF) in New Mexico. Here’s a video recap from Verge Aero with CEO Nils Thorjussen discussing the different drone shows they flew at the AIBF.
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SIX the Musical is a pop-Tudor mashup, fusing historical and contemporary references to tell the story of the six wives of Henry VIII. Costume designer Gabriella Slade and costume supervisor Justin Allin take us behind the scenes, revealing the secrets of Catherine of Aragon’s striking glitzy gold costume in this video from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Here’s a Spooktacular video for Halloween! Blockhouse Studios deployed 14 Epson laser projectors to deliver a haunted walking path full of ghostly encounters and eerie immersive experiences for the Harvest Nights event for Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Using projection mapping and impressive special effects, including Gerriets HOLOVISION scrim to create a phantom train, Blockhouse Studios was able to push the boundaries of the imagination to an inventive haunted event.
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Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour features a bevy of sustainable elements including four inflatable LED spheres that played a role in supporting the band’s green goals. PRG worked with their team on the engineering and fabrication of this innovative technology. In this video Production Designer Misty Buckley, Production Manager Jake Berry, Video Director Ant Barrett, Screens Director Josh Koffman, and Managing Director, PRG Projects Frederic Opsomer take us behind the scenes of the design.
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Here’s a video from WCPO 9 News in Cincinnati about the Blink Cincinnati 2022 lighting and projection mapping festival that ran from Oct. 13-16, 2022. Blink returned after a three-year hiatus and PRG was on hand providing projectors, lights, media servers, and networking solutions for the massive event. This video includes interviews with Lighting Designer, David Seitz and PRG Director of Solutions Engineering, Frank Roggio.
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Lightswitch recently shared v17 of its video series Clever Robot: projects that inspire us. Many of these inspirations come from within our own industry.
Here’s a video of Billie Eilish performing “NDA” at Coachella 2022:
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On Monday, Sept. 12, The Shubert Organization officially dedicated and revealed the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre, formerly the Cort Theatre, in honor of the iconic multi-award-winning American actor. The dedication ceremony follows a $47 million restoration and expansion of the 110-year-old Broadway theater. Jones recalled making his Broadway debut on this very stage in 1958.
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The Field of Light installation by British artist Bruce Munro, recently opened at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas, Austin. Field of Light, mixed media (fiber optical, glass, acrylic, light source) consists of a stunning display of 28,000 solar powered stems that gently illuminate the arboretum.
Entertainment technology let a young Queen Elizabeth be seen waving in the historic Gold State Coach during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant this past June.… Read More »Video of the Week: A Video Avatar of the Queen in the Historic Gold State Coach
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