http://www.robe.cz/ Latest News en http://www.robe.cz/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.robe.cz/ 18 16 Latest News TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:26:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/robe-shines-on-2013-metro-radio-music-awards-in-sa/ Lighting designer François van der Merwe of Wizardry Group chose Robe moving lights to be the... Events Mon, 20 May 2013 09:26:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/robe-specified-for-moses-the-ten-commandments-world-premiere-at-theatre-st-gallen/ Moving lights from Robe’s latest ROBIN MMX and DL Series ranges were utilised by Lighting Designer... Theatre Thu, 16 May 2013 10:09:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/robe-announces-new-spanish-distributor/ Robe announces Entertainment Equipment Supplies S.L. (EES) as its new exclusive distributor in... Announcements Wed, 15 May 2013 15:16:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/robe-sponsors-student-bursary-for-vivid-sydney-festival-project/ Robe is sponsoring a student bursary run by London, UK based Lighting Designer Simon Brockwell of... Events Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/robe-celebrates-wine-at-2013-festival-nacional-de-la-vendimia-argentina/ Lighting and set designer Eli Sirlin utilized over 120 Robe moving lights in his lighting scheme... He was impressed by the power of the LEDWash 1200s and 600s. “The zoom in the LEDWash 1200 LEDWash makes programming much easier when you want to achieve anything from a big wash effect down to a tight but very intense beam”. He also liked the smoothness of the pan/tilt especially on very slow movements. The first Vendimia celebrations in Mendoza date back to the 17th century, with the first ‘official’ festival organised in 1936. Recently Mendoza’s Vendimia was ranked Number 2 in National Geographic’s Top 10 World Harvest Festivals.]]> Events Stage Mon, 13 May 2013 14:53:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/robe-makes-a-pointe-at-successful-soundcheck-xpo/ Robe lighting showed a variety of its latest technology - including the brand new Pointe luminaire... La Diosa de la Cumbia On the final day, Robe and Vari presented Colombian artist Margarita la Diosa de la Cumbia - the Goddess of Cumbia - who gave autographs and had pictures taken with visitors packing the stand. Margarita is currently on tour with a lighting rig that includes Robe MMX Spots and ROBIN LEDWash 1200s, designed by LD José Alfredo Rojas. Her manager Alejandro Benitez states, “The lights are working perfectly and in fact we now have mostly Robes in our set-up. Our show has always been very colourful and these moving lights help achieve the effects we want. We’re very happy with their reliability and performance”.

]]> Exhibitions Fri, 10 May 2013 14:14:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/its-a-beautiful-thing-for-robe-1/ A substantial Robe moving light rig was used for the final of the 2013 Miss Universe Slovak... The 10 MMXs were in the back and on the upstage sections of the S-trusses, used for beam effects, as ‘sharp lights’ as well as for for texturing the floor. He chose lots of beam lights for the rig because that type of look is very trendy in TV circles right now. “The ROBIN Beams – both the 300s and the 600s are really bright and punchy!” he explains, adding that they needed to be to hold their own against the 120 square metres of LED screen onstage, which they did admirably, together with the MMX Spots, the LEDWashes and even the tiny LEDBeam 100s! On an advanced truss in the auditorium, he had six ColorSpot 1200E ATs that were used for lighting the VIP section at the front – all sitting around tables.

For Peter Cmorik’s bracing rendition of Robbie Williams’ blockbuster “Angel”, the side LED screens split apart to reveal vertical trussing loaded in with 24 additional LEDBeam 100s and some active Sunstrips – for extra WOW factor and to surprise the audience! Kubanka programmed and controlled all the lighting – which included other moving lights, generics, strobes and the several other LED lightsources - from a grandMA2 full size console. Another grandMA2 full size ran all the playback video – stored on MA VPU media servers - operated by Michael Brna, and the pyro was fired from a grandMA series 1 light by Robert Plunar which included a Power Jet CO2 system. Q-99’s Project Manager was Patrick Kvacka. He comments, “We are really pleased with how the show looked this year. Everyone involved is very keen to keep pushing ‘the technical envelop’ in the quest to get great results. Having Robes as the main moving lights is great for enabling Martin’s creativity to flourish and the crew love them because they are so reliable!” Miss Universe Slovak Republic 2013 was won by 20 year old Jeanette Borhyová from Danube Ivanka, who will represent her country in the final, the 62nd Miss Universe Pageant.]]> Events Stage Television Thu, 09 May 2013 09:09:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/robe-gets-into-the-groove-with-skrillex-in-durban/ Innovative Grammy award winning electronic dance musician Skrillex recently played three high... The LEDWash 600s were used to wash the stage, colour the haze and cut through the large LED screen upstage of the DJ booth. A single LEDWash 600 placed on the floor behind the DJ position was highly effective for silhouetting the acts as they spun their magic on the decks.
Four of the MMXs were rigged on the front truss with the other six on the floor. Although Robe was not specified on the LD’s rider, he accepted the substitution without any questions “Clearly Insane has chosen a good investment in Robe,” observes Thomas, adding that Andrew was in fact absolutely blown away by the MMX Spots in particular - he liked their small size, speed, brightness and both the standard and the in-air gobo sets. Thomas himself comments, “The 600s give clearly defined beams even though they are wash lights and fantastic saturated colours between which they can transition really smoothly and slickly”, so for the opening acts, even though they were only using the back truss luminaries for the opening acts and these were limited in numbers … it looked like there were loads more up there! The MMX Spots on the front truss enabled the creation of “Clear and imposing looks over the crowd” an essential element of lighting for any EDM event … and the ones on the floor provided an awesome layer of contra-angled beams. Says Thomas, “Electronic dance music requires fast changes, strobing, snapping between saturated colours, big gobo scrolls and a selection of really solid beams – all of which the fixtures on the rig were able to deliver effortlessly”.]]> Stage Venue Tue, 07 May 2013 09:36:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/cirkus-cirkoer-at-peace-with-robe/ Scandinavia’s leading contemporary circus company Cirkus Cirkör from Stockholm, Sweden have... Can a worldwide knitting for peace movement make a difference?]]> Theatre Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.robe.cz/news/article/south-african-state-theatre-invests-in-more-robe-led-fixtures/ The South African State Theatre in Pretoria has added more Robe LED fixtures to its lighting... Apart from all these positives, especially with drama shows, having low noise equipment is essential – and once again, LEDs win out. Another “Major reason” they chose Robe states King … is the superlative service from DWR, “Any product is worthless without good service and support,” he says with conviction. Not that they have needed much to be fixed with the Robes of course … as the fixtures have proven very reliable.
The new Robes are distributed around the Theatre’s different spaces – the majority on the two main stages. The four DLXs and two of the ROBIN 300 LEDWashes are in the Arena Theatre together with six LEDForce 18s, while the eight ColorSpot 250E ATs are in the Rendezvous Theatre, and two more LEDWash 300s are in the Cabaret venue. The MMX Spot is currently King’s favourite moving light. “The punch and the zoom are lovely,” he effuses, “Together with the colour mixing, the gobos and of course the dual graphics wheel”, concluding that it’s an ‘Ultimately flexible” unit ideally suited to their needs. The State Theatre’s LX crew love all of the new Robes because they are light in weight and easy to handle. King lights around 50% of the shows staged in the State Theatre’s venues as well as having his own international lighting design clients. Recently he lit a production of ‘The Merry Widow’ in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the Archivo Nacional De La Imagen-Sodre and was delighted to be using Robe LEDWash 600s in his rig, which were specially hired in for the occasion.]]> Theatre Fri, 03 May 2013 12:10:00 +0200