Maverick LD Pelle Larson's lighting design included 24 x Robe Pointe moving lights installed in prominent positions around the dancefloor and amidst the orchestra.
Pelle is a well-known and respected industry figure in Sweden and in addition to a host of top LE TV shows, including Let's Dance for national channel STV4 since the series began and many other TV productions, he has also been active as a touring and concert designer.
He likes to keep the business of his company, LD Sweden, literally 'in the family' after an impressive 38 years at the sharp-end of the industry, and in the process is also actively training a next generation of successful industry professionals!
Daughter Kim - the eldest sibling was the Hippotizer programmer and operator for both the Let's Dance series and the tenth anniversary edition, with youngest son Rasmus operating the generic lights and calling the follow spots.
Meanwhile, , Pelle's oldest son Robin was overseeing lighting for a new format of antiques quiz show, Gladiators for TV4 which was being recorded elsewhere, and is another programme featuring Team Larsson. Also working for LD Sweden is Daniel de Sivo.
This tenth series of Let's Dance, followed by the 10th anniversary 'special' - for which Pelle had complete creative freedom to light the show as he wished - was the first year the design has featured LD Sweden's newly purchased Pointes, an investment made after using rented Pointes to great effect on the show in 2014.
They are the main effects lights of the show and "allow me to add fantastic layers of fun, movement and colour," he explained. He's also used them on several other shows.
He wanted an effects fixture that was small, bright, light and properly 'multi-functional', and thought the Pointe's zoom, prisms and gobos were all excellent.
Having used Robe products constantly in his work over the last 7 or so years, he knew it would be a solid investment.
With 14 dances to programme each week in a very short timeframe - three hours on the morning of the live show - they had to work exceedingly fast and have dynamic and flexible equipment right there at their fingertips.
(Jim Evans)
