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Kinesys supports ‘Strictly Live’ tour

Kinesys supports ‘Strictly Live’ tour

Twenty-seven axes of Kinesys automation were in action on the 2016 ‘Strictly Live’ UK arena tour, produced by Phil McIntyre Entertainments. The tour was presented by Mel Giedroyc and provided a successful sequel to the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ phenomenon.

 

Kinesys has featured on most of the recent ‘Strictly Live’ tours - this was the ninth one - to move a combination of scenic elements and drapes as specified by the tour’s technical director, Andy Gibbs. This year there were more movement elements than before with the system again provided by UK lighting and visuals rental company, Neg Earth, and Steve Kellaway operating for the second year running.

 

On this show, Kinesys was used to move eight scenic chandeliers up and down, plus a 2 metre diameter mirror ball, all positioned above the central dancefloor. The eight chandeliers were rigged on a diamond shaped box truss and had a few different positions. In a couple of the production numbers they had their own dance moves mimicking those going on below.

 

Two set pieces made up the ‘Strictly Express’ train which sat on the floor at the stage end of the set, providing an entrance for the dancing couples at the top of the show, after which the pieces were whisked up into the ceiling and stored. The Austrian drape was lifted with eight Liftket hoists - fitted with Kinesys Elevation 1+ drives - raising a pipe along the bottom of the drape which gathered 23 columns of snap hooks, with 15 load arrestors taking up the slack.

 

The large mirror ball started off on the floor and followed the path of the central Austrian drape as this was lifted, but rising at a slower pace. The ball came in again at the end of the first act. Another Austrian drape at the stage-end of the performance space was rigged on six motors and a wavy truss with an articulated pipe system at the bottom to help lift the slack. In total there were around 20 movement cues in the show.

 

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