The net seen from the front with the company lunging forward in pale costumes, one dancer lying at the edge

Atlantis Ballet

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LED effects enhance the mythical ballet “Atlantis”

ENTTEC’s LED lighting technology enhanced the “Atlantis” ballet at Munich’s Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. The project used Pixelator Minis, PLink Injectors, and RGB LED pixel strips to create dynamic lighting effects. Transparent tubes with pixel strips mimicked flowing liquid, while precise dimming contributed to an immersive atmosphere.

Designed and staged by Munich’s Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Karl Alfred Schreiner‘s full-length ballet Atlantis deals with the collision and interaction between different cultures following the discovery of a miraculous world during an Arctic scientific expedition.

When we think of Atlantis, we think of water, of course. And that’s exactly what lighting designer Michael Heidinger was focused on when he set about creating a memorable atmosphere throughout the production.

For the opening scene, set in a laboratory where a floating Atlantean is being examined, ENTTEC LED pixel strips were mounted in transparent tubes to create the impression of flowing liquid, while the eerie, fluid use of light dimming saturated the remainder of the performance.

Solution

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Powered by ELM (ENTTEC LED Mapping Software), Pixelator Minis and P-Link Injectors

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Diagram of the signal path, a laptop running mapping software into Pixelator Minis, then PLink injectors feeding the LED strips inside the Atlantean tank
Michael Heidinger of LIGHTING DESIGNER AT GARTNERPLATZ STATE THEATRE, MUNICH

ENTTEC products provided the best dimming performance for control over a video server. It was also important that they formed a compact, modular system that we could easily build into our props.

Michael HeidingerLIGHTING DESIGNER AT GARTNERPLATZ STATE THEATRE, MUNICH

Result

  • The tank flown above the stage with a dancer curled inside, a row of white-suited figures seated below in haze and spotlight beams
  • Close on the tank with a blue-painted dancer pressing against the glass, a figure in a white coat reaching up from the floor
  • Dancers draped along a huge net slung across the stage, more of the company reaching up from below
  • Detail of the tank, strips of pixels in clear tubes waving like water against the dark stage
  • White-suited dancers piled into a scrum downstage, grey-suited figures watching from a level above, a yellow-lit panel to one side
  • A solo dancer in blue body paint braced under a hanging ring trailing strands of blue light
  • The full company in white suits linked hand to hand across the stage, the lit tank suspended above them

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