Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Robe shows finesse for ballet festival

Robe moving lights were in action at the 2009 Histriafestival, which featured performances of 3 ballet classics staged in the highly charismatic Roman Amphitheatre in Pula, Croatia.
Lighting designer for this prestigious event was Emil Koller from Sali Trade. The company is Robe’s Croatian distributor and also has a rental operation that was responsible for supplying [...]

Die Ärzte in Linz

When legendary German superstars Die Ärzte played two sold-out stadium shows in Linz, Austria, their lighting designer Lui Helmig spec’d 130 Robe moving lights as the main work-horses of the rig for the spectacular show.
Die Ärzte’s live performances have a reputation for dazzlingly spectacular light-shows and this one was no exception. Helmig arranged the fixtures [...]

Robe embraces local history at Janikova Stodola Theatre

Robe’s Czech and Slovakian distributor KVS recently specified and supplied Robe moving lights to the Janikova Stodola Theatre which is an integral part of the ‘Wooden Townlett’, a historical ‘experience’ and the oldest area – dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries – of the Wallachian Open Air Museum. This is situated right at [...]

Jesse Clegg goes live with Robe

Lighting designer Tim Dunn used 30 Robe ColorSpot and Wash 700E AT moving lights to light the first high profile live performances of rising young South African music star Jesse Clegg at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre.
Dunn utilised the 18 Robe ColorWash 700E ATs in the 1200 capacity theatre’s house rig, adding another 12 ColorSpot 700E [...]

Robe at MGM Grand Casino, Foxwoods

Over 140 Robe moving lights have been installed into the new 3800 seat theatre and 2 ballrooms at the landmark MGM Grand Casino at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut.
The venues are part of a two and a half year, $700 million construction project resulting in the new facility, adding 180,000 square metres to the existing [...]

Robe selects a song for Slovakia

Slovakia’s top lighting designer Martin Kubanka used Robe moving lights and REDBlinders at the core of his design for the live TV show that selected the country’s 2009 Eurovision Song Contest entry.
This was staged in Studio 4 of the Slovakian Television HQ in Bratislava and broadcast live on STV1, breaking new ground in terms of [...]