France - The Twist Years at the Eiffel Tower Theatre in Paris follows a group of young people who traverse the moral and social revolutions of the tumultuous 1960s through some of that decade’s formative music. Recounted via music classics of the era, from French and international artists, all songs are presented live beneath an Elation rig of Fuze Profile and KL Profile FC luminaires.
Boris Jacob, from Elation’s French distributor Best Audio & Lighting, handled lighting design on the project. He comments: “This show really gives pride of place to the Elation brand with the Fuze Profile and the KL Profile FC. The luminous flux and high CRI, the identical colorimetry between the Fuze and KL series, as well as the silence, make these fixtures the perfect choice!”
A flexible framing fixture for theatre and TV, the Fuze Profile houses a 305W RGBMA LED engine with high CRI. Its five-colour homogenized LED array not only ensures accurate colour reproduction with a beautiful mixed white, it also provides colour manipulation features like virtual colour temperature and Magenta/Green adjustment plus CMY emulation.
Jacob used some of the Fuze Profiles as keylighting to illuminate the artists' faces using the built-in framing blades and colour temperature control, with the remaining Fuze Profiles set on stage to project gobos and cut out scenery elements.
Because the KL Profile FC ellipsoidal also houses an RGBMA LED engine, the designer was able to “perfectly match colour across the rig”. Housing an integrated zoom that adjusts from 6° to 50°, the KL Profile FC requires no additional lens tubes for fast beam angle changes. Its 93.5 CRI engine ensures accurate colour reproduction, and full blackout manual framing eliminates any light spill. Both fixtures proved the ideal complements for The Twist Years production.
Atmospheric haze and mid-air projection canopy came courtesy of a Therma Tour 600 from Magmatic atmospheric effects. Producing a fine, long-lasting haze, a water-based fluid was used to allow for total protection of the eight artists’ vocal chords, as well those of the accompanying musicians and technical crew. The 350W Therma Tour 600 creates a safe, clean and odourless haze effect that leaves no residue.
The Twist Years will be back at the Eiffel Tower Theatre in October and will be touring in 2025.
