Apollo Design Sponsors Stage Lighting Super Saturday 2016

"Apollo Design Technology has been with us since the first workshop 11 years ago and we thank them for their continued support," Scott Parker says of the company Joel and Keersten Nichols founded in 1992. Parker added, "This year Apollo will be sponsoring a special guest speaker for either our color or special effects session. Stay tuned for that announcement." Apollo has gained a worldwide position in the production and distribution of special effects products to the entertainment lighting industry. Establishing itself early as a leading producer of custom gobos, the company has expanded into other related products used by lighting designers to create stimulating visual effects for theatre, corporate events, concerts, houses of worship, and architectural applications.

The 11th Annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday workshop, continuing its practical and hands-on educational presentations, will take place on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts located at 721 Broadway in New York City. Super Saturday is produced by Sonny Sonnenfeld and Scott Parker with the help of the NYU Tisch School.

The event, as in years past, is specifically designed to enhance, answer, and benefit the interests and abilities of all involved in the application of innovative stage, architectural, and entertainment lighting.

To accomplish that goal, the intensive all day Stage Lighting Super Saturday Seminars are led by active members of the theatrical lighting community for the benefit of new, aspiring, and advancing stage and event designers. Particular emphasis addresses training, inspiration, and effective techniques. Additionally, the nuts and bolts implementation of the many new and long established products that aid in the achieving the desired results are detailed; presented are the methods and equipment that can get the job done as originally visualized.

Intensive subjects include Stage Lighting 101 for those new to the art; the use of conventional long established luminaires; the latest LED, and traditional Incandescent and Arc Source instruments; the implementation of color, special effects, mood and scene lighting; and choosing among the myriad of helpful mechanical implements such as consoles, moving lights, computers, and many others.

Approximately 20 technical specialists, as well as equipment manufacturers, will demonstrate techniques and newly available cost-effective products. Among the present and past manufacturing contributors, all noted for their lighting expertise and practical implementation, are such stalwarts as Altman, Apollo, Barbizon, City Theatrical, Dove Systems, Elation, ENTTEC, Field Template, GAM, GE Products, High End, Lee Filters, Lehigh Electric Products, Lighting&Sound America, Lite-Trol, Lycian, Martin Professional, Nemetschek N.A., Ocean Optics/Sea Changer, Osram Sylvania, Philips-Color Kinetics, Polaris Lighting, PRG, Robe, Robert Juliat, Rosco, Shadowstone, Selecon, Strand Lighting, and Strong.

The Stage Lighting Super Saturday is supported in part by media partner Lighting&Sound America magazine. For further information, please contact Scott Parker at 212-533-3430 or via email at super2016@stageseminars.com or visit the URL below.