As Mayor Ganim and the fans who would fill the 10,000-seat arena later that evening appreciated, the artist performing on Valentine's Day in their city was one whose impact extends far beyond the concert stage. This point was vividly and dramatically illustrated at the very start of Anthony's show by an artful lighting display created by the superstar's production manager Roly Garbalosa and designer Alex Soto using Nexus Aw 7x7 panels from Chauvet Professional.
The duo used the warm white LED panels to create an upstage wall three panels wide and four panels long. This array was positioned between two four-tiered band risers that covered most of the width of the stage. When Anthony made his entrance walking in between the two risers, he stood in front of the Nexus wall and was silhouetted. His silhouette was displayed on three large video panels located above and on either side of the stage.
Following Marc Anthony's entrance, Soto continued to use the pixel mappable Nexus Aw 7x7 for chase scenes and as a dimmer effect. "We got some very good looks out of the Nexus," he said. "The light is so bright, we used it for a big blast of warm white at the finish of one song. It's funny, when Mark went back to the 'talk back' area he looked at the Nexus panels and said, 'Wow that's some bright light!' We got a kick out of that."
(Jim Evans)
