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Training Seminars
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Entertainment Electricity, Power Distribution, and Controls
Denver, CO - March 7-9, 2012
Atlanta, GA - April 3-5, 2012
Los Angeles - May 16-18, 2012
Electrics Workshop
Los Angeles - May 19, 2012
Entertainment Rigging
Atlanta, GA - April 6-7, 2012
San Marcos, TX - May 21-23, 2012
For more information or to sign up, click here.
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Broadway Green Alliance Lighting Workshop
New York City
February 27, 2012
A free lighting workshop will be hosted by Broadway Green Alliance at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts on February 27, 2012. Presenters include set designer Donyale Werle, lighting designer James Bedell, Bob Usdin of Showman Fabricators, and author/lighting designer Richard Cadena.
In addition to the presentation, visitors will have a chance to talk to manufacturers about the sustainability and environmental impact of their products. The event will begin at 5:30 and will be held in the Frederick Lowe Theatre on the campus of New York University.
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LightParts www.lightparts.com
AC Lighting www.aclighting.com
SHS Global www.shsglobal.com |
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Free Seminars at PLASA Focus: Austin
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
10AM: Green Theatre Initiative Around the World
12PM: Austin City Limits Live!
2PM: Peter Morse-The Art of the Big Show
2PM: Demystifying Audio
4PM: It's About the Art, Not the Technology!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
10AM: Digital Audio Networking
12PM: The Long Center for the Performing Arts
2PM: Data Deletion in the World of Digital Film
The Renaissance Hotel Arboretum, Austin, Texas
For more information, click here.
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Design, Visualization, Playback on the iPad
by Richard Cadena
What good are envelopes you can't push them? What good is technology if it can't be used for pushing the envelope? That's what I hope to do in May during the debut of a spoken-word ballet called "A Life Unhappening."
Late last year, Dana Taylor, a friend who teaches theatre technology at a high school in Evansville, IL, recommended me to design the lighting for this show. So the writer/producer, Adam Stone, contacted me about it. When I learned that it was a benefit for the Alzheimer's Association, I couldn't say no.
Once he secured a venue, Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of University of Missouri in St. Louis, I contacted the tech director to ask for a CAD drawing of the venue. They happened to have a 2D plan and elevation drawing in Vectorworks format. I have Vectorworks, so that's no problem. But I recently learned that the latest version of WYSIWYG can connect directly with Luminair, an iPad lighting control app, and I knew what I had to do. I had to program, visualize, and run the show from my iPad.
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Devon Allman & Honeytribe
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PLASA Focus Austin
Devon Allman & Honeytribe with the Swingin' Johnsons at Antone's on Wednesday, February 22, 8PM
Sponsored by Academy of of Production Technology and High End Systems
PLASA Focus Austin is a trade show for the live event production industry, which will be held at the Renassiance Hotel and Conference Center on February 22 and 23. To cap the first day of the event, Devon Allman & Honeytribe will bring their special brand of blues and rock to the legendary blues club, Antone's, downtown on Sixth Street. Opening the show will be industry veterans The Swingin' Johnsons and Austin-based Michael Holt. The Johnsons include Robert Mokry of LightParts and Bruce Jordahl on guitar, Scott Church of 4Wall on bass, and Thommy Hall of Vari-Lite on drums.
Devon Allman is the son of famous rocker Greg Allman of the Allman Brothers, and though he looks and sounds much like his father, he has a blazing style that's all his own. He is currently burnishing his own path on the road and has recently received strong critical acclaim.
The PLASA Focus trade show has been going strong in the United Kingdom for several years, but this is its inaugural event in the U.S. In addition to several exhibitor booths, the trade show offers many free seminars on a variety of topics for a variety of industry pros. Some of the sessions include:
- media server programming with Hippotizer
- demystifying audio
- digital video content protection
- audio networking
- and more
Special guest speakers include lighting designer Peter Morse (Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Shakira, Reba McEntire), who will speak about his lighting techniques, and lighting designer Brian Gale (Mark Taper Forum, Disneyland), who will talk about the art of lighting design.
There will also be a special session about sustainability in the theatre community conducted by Charles Deull, co-chair of the Broadway Green Alliance. The BGA has been a world leader in greener theatre practices and this session is sure to be a good one. The seminars are free but space is limited so sign up today at www.plasafocus.com/austin.
Don't miss Devon Allman & Honeytribe with The Swingin' Johnsons plus Michael Holt at Austin's home of the blues, Antone's. The show starts at 8PM and admission is free for registered attendees of PLASA Focus Austin.
For more information, visit www.plasafocus.com/austin.
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Sincerely,
Richard Cadena
Academy of Production Technology |
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