For the second year running, Florida-based live event production company, J. Thor Productions, was called on to light the black-tie awards ceremony at the Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala. Used to paint and texture a set dominated by geometric shapes was Elation’s new Artiste Picasso™ LED moving head as part of a larger Elation lighting package. Each year, Inc. Magazine publishes its list of the 5000...
When Canadian rock band Billy Talent found themselves with a tight schedule of European and Canadian dates that made it impractical and prohibitively expensive to ship their integrated set back and forth across the pond, LD Colin Moore recreated the signature effects for the Canadian shows using Elation Cuepix Batten™ and ACL 360 Bar™ fixtures provided by Ontario’s Soundbox Productions. For 15...
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that technology equipment solutions provider Entedi Ltd. will begin to distribute Elation Professional products in the UK effective February 1, 2019. Entedi was formed in 2016 by a team of experienced industry professionals to service the ever-growing demand for professional high-end equipment in the UK and Ireland. The company serves both rental and...
Tirso Lighting has installed an all-LED Elation lighting package for another Wahi Group club opening in northern Manhattan, this time Bar 151, an upscale lounge and performance space in the neighborhood of Inwood, a quieter and more affordable enclave of New York City that has become increasingly popular of late. Tirso Lighting has been around since 2009 and has been using Elation lighting since...
For Canadian shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of Protest the Hero’s “Fortress” album, lighting operator/programmer, Michael ‘Herk’ Herkimer, deployed a comprehensive suite of Elation lighting fixtures. Provided by Hamilton-based Soundbox Productions of Canada, the rig was comprised exclusively of Elation ACL 360 Matrix™ panels, Cuepix Battens™, Fuze Pars™ and ZW19s™. To say Herk maintains a...
In the spirit of the season, Elation Professional is offering free access to an Elation Educational Experience (E3) course held by one of the industry’s top technical educationists, ETCP Recognized Trainer and author Richard Cadena. The course was held over a two-day period earlier in the year at the Elation headquarters in Los Angeles. Elation has made the complete course available to all via the...
Theatrical-grade LED profile luminaire plays multiple roles on new drama Distance. LD Dan Saggars comments London-based lighting designer Dan Saggars had the opportunity to put Elation’s new Artiste Picasso™ LED profile to the test on the new drama, Distance, at the Park Theatre in London in September and found the theatrical-grade moving head an effective multi-purpose lighting tool. Saggars...
New Albany High School in New Albany, Indiana, recently completed seven sold out performances of the timeless classic “The Wizard of Oz” and used their new rig of Elation Professional lighting fixtures to help bring the beloved musical to life. With three top-tier theatre programs only miles from each other, Southern Indiana is a proven mecca for high school theatre. After sister school Floyd...
Prior to 1944, Frankfurt had one of the most beautiful and largest medieval half-timbered old towns in Germany. Recently restored to its former beauty, the architectural treasure was opened in September with a cultural program that included a unique nighttime drone show supported by lighting effects from Elation Proteus Hybrid™ moving head fixtures. The highlight of the three-day celebration was a...
Second Opinion Audio chooses all LED lighting system for award-winning school’s new performing arts auditorium The Classical Academy (TCA) in Colorado Springs recently debuted its new performing arts auditorium with a production of “The Little Mermaid” enhanced by an all LED Elation Professional lighting system designed and installed by Second Opinion Audio. Second Opinion Audio designed all of...