This important move was instigated by the theatre's technical director, Claudio Schifanni and the eight DLS Profile units were delivered by Mas Musica also based in San Jose, which is a Robe distributor in Costa Rica.
The theatre is both a producing and a receiving house, and stages at least three shows a week. They wanted a 'best quality' LED moving light product and started looking at Robe's DL range which has been specially developed for theatre and performance applications.
They wanted powerful fixtures with lower power consumption and absolutely no compromises in the quality of light output if it was an LED source. They also needed fixtures that are versatile to cover the wide range of shows and performance genres staged there.
Adoption of LED fixtures in installations and theatre in particular is still in its early stages in Latin America, comments Robe's regional sales manager for Latam, Guillermo Traverso, but he reckons about five minutes into a DL range product demo people really start seeing that they have the best of both worlds. "The quality is there, plus all the main features of a conventional source are present in the LED fixture."
The theatre's house crew already love the fixtures as do all the visiting LDs who have encountered them so far. They have been impressed with the colour range and just how well the DLSs can emulate tungsten characteristics - a feature that Robe has spent considerable effort in fine-tuning.
"The product is excellent and the Robe brand id absolutely world class," stated Claudio in conclusion.
(Jim Evans)
