Robe joins the Dreambeach party
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Dreambeach welcomes 155,000 music fans to the region to enjoy five days of electronic music.
Main stage production designer Eduardo Valverde this year specified 70 x Robe MegaPointes, 50 x Spiiders and 16 x BMFL Spots - together with other lighting, all supplied by rental specialist Fluge.
For this show, the stage construction featured some serious metalwork and had an epic ‘wide’ look - characteristic of many dance style events. The set featured a series of convex video-clad semicircles protruding horizontally above the deck, resembling a giant - spacey - slot machine!
The Spiiders were positioned along the top edge of the structure and down the offstage sides; the MegaPointes were distributed all over the stage and the BMFLs were on the front of the stage deck.
The MegaPointes were utilised for all the beam-work and the main effects with their speed and brightness. “We used this fixture for its true ‘hybrid’ capabilities” says Edu, “they are a high impact beam light as much as a gorgeous spot with a fantastic zoom.”
On the floor, the 16 x BMFL Spots served as sky scanners. Also on the rig were another 500 or so fixtures - a selection of LED strobes, blinders and battens.
The biggest challenge in lighting Dreambeach was to ensure that each artist playing the main stage had a different looking show and ambience for their sets. The video-heavy nature of the design and the MegaPointes were key to making this happen.
Edu worked with a large, talented and very passionate team of lighting, laser, video and pyro / FX programmers, operators and technicians to run all the technical visual elements of the show.
(Jim Evans)
