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Showlight announces first speakers for Florence 2017

The first speakers for Showlight 2017 (Florence, Italy, 20-23 May 2017) are announced:

 

Aldo Visentin will share some of his experiences over many years of touring with, and lighting for, Maestro Andrea Bocelli.

 

Lighting Designer Colin Ball will show how he uses theatre and film lighting techniques to light buildings, including the Tower of London and the Palace of Westminster.

 

Declan Randall will tell of his experience of acting as Set and Projection Designer, in addition to Lighting Designer, for an original production of “Sister Act” in Johannesburg.

 

Amy Mae Smith made her West End début as the Lighting Designer for “Sweeney Todd” on Shaftesbury Avenue, winning the 2016 Knight of Illumination Award in the Musicals category.

 

Henk van den Geest will explain the problems of using LED to light fragile works of art, such as Van Gogh paintings, in art galleries, whilst dealing with decision makers who are without technical experience whose main focus is in energy savings and limiting investment budgets.

 

Jeff Ravitz will talk about lighting the current Bruce Springsteen/E Street Band tour, and the challenges of designing a live show that must also work for TV.

 

Mikki Kunttu will speak of his adventures lighting the Danish Royal Ballet.

 

Philip Norfolk will explain how the Sun works, how heavy a dustbin of sun is and why the sky is blue, whilst also covering Nuclear Fusion and other Photon facts - and will somehow manage to incorporate a picture of Albert Einstein.

 

Simon Corder has been summoned to Singapore to relight his original design in the world’s first Night Zoo. Expect tales of tigers and elephants in a tropical forest - and how they react to LEDs.

 

Belgian lighting designer Luc Peumans specializes in lighting large-scale productions and will present a paper entitled Painting with Light.

 

Al Gurdon also specialises in lighting large-scale spectaculars such as the MTV Awards and the Super Bowl half time performances, and will give an insight into the work that goes into them.

 

The first of Showlight 2017’s Panel Presentations has also been announced, with the subject of Programming as its focus: what is the relationship between the lighting designer and the programmer; what should it be, and how will it develop? An experienced panel from all the lighting genres will disagree.

 

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