PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Ballet is shining a new light on its 25th anniversary production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” by using a dozen Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures. Pin Point Lighting supplied the lighting, as they have done since 2000.
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PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Ballet, which makes its home in Philadelphia, is shining a new light on its 25th anniversary production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” by using a dozen Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures supplied by Pin Point Lighting in Aston.
One of the nation’s premier ballet companies since 1963, The Pennsylvania Ballet continues the enchanting holiday tradition of staging “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” which is marked by spectacular sets and costumes and appearances by The Philadelphia Boys Choir and local dance students. Pin Point Lighting provides lighting equipment rentals, production and design in the Philadelphia area and nationally. Since 2000 the company has been the exclusive professional lighting supplier for The Pennsylvania Ballet.
Pin Point Lighting’s John Duncan, who also serves as assistant electrician with the ballet, suggested the Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800s to lighting designer John Hoey. “We needed to change out from our old fixtures,” Duncan says. “I had looked at the Alpha Spot QWO 800s a couple of months ago and thought they would be great. We try to think ahead and pick fixtures that will be around for the next 10 years.”
Clay Paky’s Alpha Spot QWO 800 uses the latest MSR Platinum lamp, an 800W light source that produces an intense sparkling light – brighter even than older 1200W lamps. The Alpha Spot QWO 800 is equipped with optical features including a wide zoom range from 7.6 degrees to 55 degrees, a uniform beam distribution at all zoom angles and a Stay-Sharp-Zoom feature that locks images in focus while zooming. The fixture is small, lightweight, silent and has low power consumption.
The lights are making their debut with the ballet on the beloved holiday production, which is drawing packed houses. “They are performing perfectly,” Duncan reports.
A.C.T Lighting is the North American distributor for Clay Paky.
