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grandMA Dancing on Ice
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's ‘Dancing on Ice: The Live Tour' is a nationwide tour in the United Kingdom following on from the successful series of Dancing on Ice which was broadcast on ITV1. The tour is presented by Andi Peters following the success of the smash-hit television series. Durham Marenghi designed the lighting for the tour using two grandMA full-size and four MA NSPs. The idea was to emulate the TV show on a greater scale whilst making everything visible and attractive to an arena audience.
The grandMA is the console of choice for programmer Tim Routledge. Operator Richard Knight was very keen to try his experienced hand at a new console on this tour - so the combination was perfect. Routledge explained: "With both a video and lighting element, certain parts were programmed simultaneously using both consoles networked together. Even a last minute request to drive some monitor software over Art-Net was not a problem and easily integrated into the show."
The lighting rig consists amongst others of 56 Vari*Lite VL3500Qs, 34 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1200s, 20 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300s, 20 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 300s and 12 Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1200s.
The show features celebrities from all the UK competing against each other for audience votes. To reach that goal, the contestants perform two solo routines for the judges. The two couples with the most votes then proceed into the Bolero Dance-Off. Following the completion of the dance-off the judges select a winner decided by a majority verdict. At the end of each show the winner receives a trophy. The live show also features numerous performances from Torvill and Dean, the British ice dancers who together won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics following their Gold medals at the British, European and World Championships, as well as professional ice skaters and other special guests.
Lighting equipment was provided by PRG and XL Video. Andy Mitchinson was the crew chief.
photo of Durham Marenghi courtesy Live Nation
19th May 2008
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