Montreal’s 22nd Bal en Blanc, Canada’s oldest electronic music festival and one of
the first EDM festivals in the world, featured an exclusive attraction by 45DEGREES,
Cirque du Soleil’s events and special projects company. Five Cirque acts performing
during the Sultan+Shepard set were lit by an array of Clay Paky fixtures provided
by 4U2C.
Held on Easter weekend at the Palais du congres, the Bal en Blanc was produced by
Produkt with One Drop as its official cause partner. One Drop is a Montreal-based
non-profit, created by Cirque founder Guy Laliberte, whose mission is to provide
safe water to communities worldwide. 45DEGREES staged its “One Drop Moment’
to showcase this collaboration and provide a taste of what’s to come as the
partnership continues with Bal en Blanc 2017.
“The challenge was to create a unique Cirque moment during a big EDM show with a
live VJ and video artist keying,’ says 4U2C’s Karl Gaudreau who served as lighting
designer for the attraction. “We made a special design with six Clay Paky Scenius
spots and eight Mythos on a 16×16-foot riser in the middle of the space. The dance
floor was covered with 90 Sharpys.’
The event marked the first time 4U2C deployed the new Scenius fixtures. “With
Scenius we have finally found the best light!’ Gaudreau declares. “The colour mix
and optics are perfect. It’s the best unit for rock ’n roll and theatre combinations.’
45DEGREES’ Frank Helpin directed “One Drop Moment.’ Barry Russell was the video
director and Remi Dubois the VJ.
A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive North American distributor for Clay Paky.
Francesco Romagnoli, Clay Paky Area Manager for North and Latin America, added,
“4U2C has been using our lights quite a bit and we’re thrilled about all the great
productions they have created with them.’
Courtesy: Clay Paky
