Lighting and production design is by DK Production Design of Evanston, Illinois, a turnkey visual solutions provider that worked with creative director Jamaica Craft on the look of the show. Their first tour with Tinashe, DK Production Design created the lighting and staging design as well as content creation for the LED screen together with Craft, who they have been working with for years.
The SixBar color-changing battens, which feature a six-color LED multi-chip, can be used for a variety of purposes - wash light, uplight, cyc wash, accent lighting, pixel strip and more. "We needed a low cost LED to fill the space and use the SixBars for big saturated colour looks, to tone the rig and other purposes," stated Daunté Kenner, production designer for the tour and principal creative director at DK Production Design. "We use 14 SixBar 1000s on the show and they have been a godsend."
The SixBar 1000s are spread across the rig with four surrounding the video wall plus three stage left and three stage right on towers for side lighting on performers. Six fixtures with frost filters are used downstage as side light to highlight dancers with an additional two fixtures up on outer towers.
Located upstage centre is a 10 x 5 video wall made up of EMAG4 LED panels, Elation's 4.8mm pixel pitch LED video panel. "It's the dominant visual piece and performs beautifully. The resolution is high and it has really made the client happy. It's extreme value for the cost," Daunté says.
(Jim Evans)
