Christie’s projection and content management and processing solutions played an instrumental role in delivering a dance extravaganza organised by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) to commemorate 200 years of Singapore’s founding.
'Milestones: The ITE Bicentennial Emblazon Edition' was held at the 1,460-seat auditorium in ITE headquarters and involved nearly 400 dancers comprising students from all three ITE colleges. It included onstage performances that highlighted the key milestones of Singapore’s history and rich heritage, and envisioned what citizens hope the nation to be in the future. The two-hour concert was presented in four chapters that captured the moods and messages of each milestone through dance, music and images.
The performers’ dance moves were complemented by an array of stunning multimedia projections using a Christie D4K40-RGB pure laser projector, a Christie Crimson WU25 3DLP laser projector, and four Christie Roadster HD20K-J 3DLP projectors, while content management and processing was handled by the Christie Pandoras Box Quad Server and Compact Player.
The laser projectors and Pandoras Box systems were provided by Christie Singapore and installed by its local partners Electro-Acoustics Systems and Total Solution Marketing respectively for this event.
Christabel Lim, producer of ITE Dance Emblazon and head of Arts Management, Centre for Music and the Arts, ITE, said: “The brief from our management this year was to focus on the Bicentennial narrative; and hence the usage of multimedia and projection was crucial in delivering the stories and messages more clearly to the masses. I’m glad that the projection and multimedia had succeeded in strongly supporting the dancers in their themes, and provided visual aids to era-specific pieces.”
Outside the auditorium, the Crimson WU25 displayed bright and dynamic images of the event’s titles on the wall above the main entrance. Inside, the D4K40-RGB was deployed for main projections on the backdrop, while the double-stacked Roadster HD20K-Js covered the projections on two tall, narrow drapes on each side of the stage.
Joshua Chong, technical officer, venue management, CDE division, ITE, said: “The Christie D4K40-RGB was simply amazing with its accurate colour reproduction and extremely high output from such a compact enclosure, which allowed it to punch through all the haze and stage lighting while still delivering a vibrant image. The Christie Crimson WU25 also amazed me with its high output and ease of use from such a compact enclosure. Colours were warm and vibrant without the ‘coldness’ that’s commonly seen in other laser projector brands.”