As part of the Moscow Anniversary Day celebrations, the Luzhniki Arena turned up
the excitement for the Vivat Russia! champions’ figure skating event with a creative
and memorable lighting experience, using 80 Martin by HARMAN MAC 101 LED
moving wash fixtures. Part of the Luzhniki Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia, the
Luzhniki Small Sports Arena is an 8,700-seat indoor facility with a long history of
hosting memorable events. Built in 1956, the arena played host to the 1973
Summer Universiade events, volleyball competitions during the 1980 Summer
Olympics and the 1986 Goodwill Games. The arena was also the home of the
Dynamo Moscow ice hockey club from 2000 to 2015.

“The MAC 101 fixtures have a small footprint but are powerful and very cool to
work with,’ said project Lighting Designer, Alexey Zhuravlev. “With the MAC 101s
we were able to create a lot of great mid-air effects along the entire perimeter of
the arena. We could also easily “cut off’ the audience and make only the ice rink
visible by surrounding it with numerous bright beams. This large set of MAC 101s
played a major role in our show and stood out vividly among all the other
solutions.’

Though the event was billed as a show of figure skating champions, the program
included a number of vocal and acrobatic events. This diversity influenced the
arena’s lighting accordingly, with the greater part of the venue set up as a skating
rink and a standalone stage for non-skating performances, which also needed
dynamic lighting. The lighting system included wash lights, beams and 80 Martin by
HARMAN MAC 101 fixtures. The MAC 101s were primarily placed around the skating
rink for highlighting key moments of the show.

The project became a creative collaboration between lighting designers Alexey
Zhuravlev and Roman Vakulyuk. Together, they created a large set of lighting pre-
sets and scripts for every moment of the show, including the individual ice
performances as well as the vocal and acrobatic events.

“The MAC units were really helpful on the ice rink due to their capability to produce
powerful shots of light’, said Zhuravlev. “These fixtures lend themselves to
interesting experiments with pan/tilt, speed, colour and intensity. Our team made
maximum use of the whole lighting arsenal, finding and implementing many new
bright and creative ideas.’

Featuring rapid movement and calibrated colours, the MAC 101 is a compact and
intuitive LED moving head wash light with a beam brighter than its small size would
suggest.

For more information on Global Show Trade and Lighting Designers Alexey
Zhuravlev & Roman Vakulyuk, please visit: http://www.gst-group.net.