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Perpetuum Jazzile show in Ljubljana lit by Robe

Slovenian lighting designer Gregor ‘Grga’ Smrdelj used nearly 150 Robe moving lights for a show by Slovenian vocal group Perpetuum Jazzile at the Arena Stolzice in Ljubljana. The look for the sold-out performance based on a three-tiered set design.

Smrdelj works full time with Slovenian rental specialist Event Lighting, the show’s lighting equipment provider. Smrdelj integrated LED and video into his proposal for the stage and production design. It was at the first production meeting that he suggested having the singers on the three different levels, which everyone liked, so they went with it.

“The idea was that the full profile of all 44 singers could be seen rather than just the front row and everyone else squeezed in behind with only their heads showing,” he explains. Smrdelj and video designer and content producer Den Baruca worked closely to choose the style and pitch of screen, which resulted in a 20-metre-wide by 4 metre strip of 5.9 mm surface above top of the set.

Behind each of the three stepped tiers was a 2 x 2 metre semi-transparent LED net product which allowed Smrdelj to light through from behind. Up in the roof of the Arena Stolzice, the Event Lighting crew installed seven straight trusses for lighting positions - two for front lighting, two for back lighting and two for the sides. Ladders were used from the side trusses to get lights into the right low positions for beaming across the stage.

The Robe count comprised 28 x Spiiders, 16 x MegaPointes, 16 x Pointes, 12 x BMFL Blades, 48 x LEDBeam 100s and 24 x LEDBeam 150s, distributed all over the trusses. The Spiiders were used for top, back and front light. The BMFL Blades were on one of the front trusses for key lighting. The shutters enabled them to pick out singers for solos and Smrdelj programmed some blade chase resembling a barcode scanning effect for a couple of the numbers.

The Pointes were used as an effect light. Rigged in the rear trusses together with the Spiiders, these were used for silhouetting and producing beams and upstage looks. Eight MegaPointes were on the floor with the other eight on the deck of the top (third) layer of set. They were used for precision looks, some of which were time coded (to the click). “The aerial looks from the MegaPointes were what I needed for dramatic punctuations,” comments Smrdelj.

The LEDBeam 100s - used with 10-degree lenses - made solid side lighting and for ancillary aerial effects. The LEDBeam 150s were all along the floor decks behind the singers. In addition to the narrow beam effects, they were also used as wash luminaries. Other lights on the rig included 12 x LED strobes, 40 x Sunstrips and eight 4-lite blinders. Smrdelj programmed and ran the show on a Hog 4 console, provided, together with all the lighting kit, by Event Lighting.

(Photos: Sasa Huzjak)

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