"As soon as I got my first look at Eos, I decided that was the way we wanted to go. We've also always had a very good relationship with ETC."
The Company holds regular dance workshops and shows across the country, returning twice a year to London's Sadler's Wells, but the first outing for Eos was at Truro's Hall for Cornwall in July, when the Company performed several pieces created by some of its own dancers.
As part of an eight-year project to review the Company's lighting and controls, Glanville has had a cabinet built for the Eos, complete with spaces for the screens to be permanently mounted, along with a pull out shelf to make the Eos more comfortable to use from its position in the wings. Although Glanville had been using a beta version of the desk and software, his feedback to Eos product manager Anne Valentino proved invaluable in making sure the final version worked well.
"A lot of the syntax is the same as with other ETC products," Glanville continues. "Eos gives you the opportunity to be more sophisticated in the way that you handle and manipulate the data. The desk is very logical and intuitive. Generally speaking, we were able to perform basic cue functions within about 60 seconds of the desk coming out of the box."
Rambert also has an Eos remote processor unit for backup and rehearsal use and is set to take delivery of the new advanced wireless remote unit (RFR) for Eos within the next few weeks.
Rambert's Eos will have its first full outing at The Lowry in Salford at the end of September - at which point not only will it be running all the shows but it will also be lighting the Company's first new major production for the autumn.
(Jim Evans)
