Rigging Seminars is the longest established entertainment rigging training program, and is highly respected in the industry. They are taught by Harry Donovan and Jay O. Glerum, both working professionals with more than 40 years' experience in show business. Both have written respected books on entertainment industry rigging and thousands of riggers have graduated from their courses, ay the company.
Glerum has been a stagehand, scenery and lighting designer, technical theatre instructor at several universities, and systems designer for a major theatre equipment company. His well-known Stage Rigging Handbook is the only book on the design, care, and use of stage rigging. Donovan is both an engineer and one of the industry's best-known and most experienced riggers. He's organized arena rigging into a few simple engineering principles, practical rules of thumb, and safe working techniques that are immediately useful to all riggers and managers. His definitive Entertainment Rigging explains the methods he used to rig over 200,000 points without failure. He is a member of the ESTA Rigging Standards Committee, working to develop a certification for riggers.
The seminar is constructed to serve the needs of riggers; venue managers and staff; stagehands; college professors, students, and staff; sound, lighting, staging, and AV companies; consultants, engineers and architects; and contractors and installers. It is suitable for both beginning and advanced riggers. More information is available from the website address below.
(Lee Baldock)
