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Elation fixtures selected for Pepe Aguilar show

On May 26th in Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes, Pepe Aguilar presented his ‘Jaripeo’ show with lighting accompaniment from 40 Elation Platinum FLX hybrid moving heads and 22 Elation SixPar 200 IP color-changing Par lights with Antari F-7 Smaze units used for atmospherics and a thin layer of mid-air projection haze.

The Jaripeo - a Mexican equestrian show that includes horse riders and bull riding, traditional Mexican costumes, and regional music like Mariachi or Banda - has been modernized using video mapping and dynamic lighting effects.

Responsible for the lighting design was Ricardo Ortiz with technical production by Equipos Apolo. An IP65 multi-environmental rating was important for fixtures located alongside the arena itself. SixPar 200 IP units with its six-color LED chip, including UV, were located around the center of the venue and used to illuminate the traditional costumes.

As horses fright easily, the automated fixtures were kept from moving too quickly, making abrupt changes or blinding the animals. The Platinum FLX moving heads were positioned on each side of the square that surrounded the center of the arena, 10 per side, and used mostly to create texture and color onto the audience, although when there were no animals in the act they were also used to light the center of the arena.

Two other roles of these spot/beam/wash moving heads were to paint the arena in UV light (the fixture houses 10 dichroic colors including UV) and to illuminate an arrangement of disco balls that lowered from the ceiling during a song by Pepe Aguilar’s daughter Angela.

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