Stufish designed the interior and exterior architectural elements for The Dai Show Theatre, which houses a new water spectacular created by Franco Dragone. Auerbach Pollock Friedlander served as theatre consultants, with Len Auerbach, chairman and director of design, and theatre consultant Tom Neville taking the lead for the firm. Lighting design is by Olivier Legendre. Click to enlarge the lighting plot below and check out the gear list on the next page.
Dai Show Credits
Artistic Director: Franco Dragone
Set Designer: Stufish Entertainment Architects
Lighting Designer: Olivier Legendre
Costume Designer/Realization: Nicolas Vaudelet
Sound Designer: Corrado Campanelli
Composer: Michael Brennan
Projection Specialists: VYV Corporation
Theatre Draperies: Showtex, Hong Kong
Scenery Fabrication: Yang Liping Workshop, Beijing
Show Director/Choreographer: Andre Kasten, Leah Moyer
Art Director: Pascal Jacob
Creative Consultant: Yang Li Ping
Associate Director: Phenix Lin
Acrobatic Choreographer: Edgar Zendejas
Human Performance/Machinery Designer: Jaque Paquin
Special Effects Designer: Denis Lafontaine
Video Content Designer: Patrick Neys
Make up Designer: Carmen Arbues
Theatre Systems Subcontractors
Automation Controls, Winches: Waagner-Biro Stage Systems
Stage Lifts: Chenyu
Special Effects: Beijing Sino-Horizon Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Dai Show Partial Equipment List
Lighting
80 Goldensea V2000B-R
62 Goldensea PT320S
32 Goldensea V3000S
31 Goldensea V3000P
28 Goldensea V2000W-R
22 Goldensea PT330W
14 Clay Paky A.Leda B-Eye K20
180 Philips Showline SL Spot 3 UH (24º)
50 Philips Showline SL Spot 36 UH (38º)
82 Ayrton ArcaLine™2 100 LED
5 ETC Sensor 3 Dimmer Rack
1 ETC SmartSwitch 48 Relay Panel
3 ETC 48-dimmer RCD Rack
2 ETC Paradigm Architectural Control Processor
3 Cisco Catalyst WS-C3560X Ethernet Switch
2 Cisco Catalyst 3750 Fiber Switch
2 MA Lighting grandMA 2 Console
4 MA Lighting grandMA 2 NPU
Video
4 VYV Photon Media Server
1 VYV Photon Control Interface
9 Christie DS+14K-M Projector
9 Zap Technologies Motorized Yoke
9 Natural Point Prime
13 Auto-Calibration Camera
9 Natural Point Prime 41 Global Tracking Camera
200 VYV Copernic LED Emitter
32 VYV Copernic Waterproof LED Emitter
Special Effects
14 Antari Z-3000-IIR Fog Machine
14 Antari AF-5 Effect Fan
6 Sinfeng SF2400 Water Low Fog Machine
Sound and Communication Systems
2 Meyer Sound CueConsole
2 Meyer Sound D-Mitri System
2 Meyer Sound Galileo 616
10 Meyer Sound UPA-1P (main ring)
3 Meyer Sound LFC-1100 (subs)
2 Meyer Sound UPQ-1P
3 Meyer Sound UPJ -1P
19 Meyer Sound UPJunior-XP (upper surround)
40 Meyer Sound MM4-XP (rear wall surround)
23 Meyer Sound UP-4XP (under balcony)
4 Meyer Sound UPJ-1XP (stage monitor)
2 Lubell Labs Underwater Loudspeaker
4 Sennheiser EM 3732 II Wireless Receiver
6 Sennheiser SK 5212-II Wireless Body Pack
2 Sennheiser SKP 3000 Wireless Transmitter
8 Sennheiser SR 2050 IEM
12 Sennheiser EK 2000 IEM
2 Sennheiser SKM5200 with MD 5235 Capsule
1 Neumann KM 184
1 Sennheiser MKH 800-P48
1 DPA Microphones d:vote VO4099 Instrument Microphone
2 Avalon A5
1 Yamaha DME 24N
1 Clear-Com HME Pro850 Wireless Intercom
System with BP850 Beltpacks
1 Leon Audio Cue Light System
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