The first Robe Robin MMX WashBeams fixtures to tour the UK went out on Strictly Come Dancing - The Live Tour, which played a month of UK arenas following the latest of the BBC's popular hit TV series. The glittering 2013 tour line up included reigning Strictly champion and Olympic gymnast, Louis Smith, dancing with Ola Jordan.
Lighting was designed by Richard G Jones, who was asked on-board by show director (and judge) Craig Revel Horwood last year.
Jones ensured that no-one was disappointed, creating a show awash with colour, movement, drama and pizzazz to match all the dancefloor action, energy and high jinks!
All lighting, sound & rigging equipment was supplied by south Wales based rental and production company, Sonalyst.
The 14 x MMX WashBeams together with 23 x Robe Robin MMX Spots are newly purchased by Sonalyst for their hire stock - which now contains getting on for 300 moving lights.
There were over 100 other Robes on the Strictly Live touring rig, including 30 ColorSpot 2500E ATs, 56 ColorWash 2500E ATs and 28 silver ColorBeam 700E ATs, located around the perimeter of the 40x20m dancefloor. All the MMX units were rigged on the two arched trusses over the stage that followed the line of the two curved LED video borders and on a straight truss directly upstage of the judge's desk.
From a rental company perspective, Sonalyst MD Rory Madden comments: "All the Robe units generally have proved themselves reliable time and again and it's the case again with the MMX Spots and WashBeams which are really quality engineered and essentially 'hand-made' for the best results."
The strictly Live 2013 show was programmed by Alex Murphy and Chris Hirst onto a grandMA2 full-size during a week of production rehearsals at the NIA Arena in Birmingham, and this was operated on the road by Mike Rothwell.
