Now the equally innovative Lorenzo nei Palasport 2015-2016 is on track. The new show was conceived, designed and written specially for indoor venues, and kicked off on 19 November in Rimini.
All the scenery revolves around Lorenzo during the show. The set, the totally new videos and films, and the lights are combined together into a parallel show, integrated with the music.
Set designer Giancarlo Sforza created a new asymmetrical stage, whose shape recalls the expected outcome of the detonation of an explosive charge. Part of the stage juts out into the stalls, where Lorenzo can come into direct contact with the audience.
The whole structure is lined with over 300sq.m of high resolution screens, which show pictures taken from the live performance, visual effects and videos. These screens form the heart and visual medium of the show.
Canadian lighting designer A.J. Pen has been working with Lorenzo since the ORA tour. "Clay Paky has always produced the highest quality lights with legendary optical features. I have been a Clay Paky fan since the days of the Superscan Zoom and Stage Scan," he says.
There are currently 32 Clay Paky A.leda Wash K20s in the Lorenzo nei Palasport 2015-2016 lighting design. "I have used these lights since February 2014. They are quite simply one of my most beloved appliances: an innovative, versatile light which is beautiful to look at. They utilize and offer all the benefits of LED technology."
These benefits include low power consumption, longer lifetime, small size and weight, and durability, along with a full range of bright colours and excellent shades of white.
"By working with the built-in visual effects, and adjusting each parameter freely, we found a very personal way of customizing the pre-programmed effects to avoid the risk of them looking like a light demo during the show."
The first lighting design included Mythos units, which were also used on the triumphant summer tour. "They are fantastic. I really like this light: it opens out very wide; it has gobos; it has a nice continuous animation wheel; it has colour mixing you can use for fades: and then if I want a Sharpy effect ... boom, there it is, even more powerful."
The show was produced by Trident Management and, as Lorenzo explained, "We will transform the indoor arenas into pulsating, high-intensity venues.
(Jim Evans)
