
Lumina the Laser Violinist puts a futuristic spin on a classic instrument. The musicians, booked solo or as a duo or trio, play with a laser bow while standing among pulsing light beams. Based in the U.K., Lumina travels worldwide; fees range from $5,000 to $12,000 not including travel costs.
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At this year's Prudential Real Estate's conference in Orlando, Dallas-based Corporate Magic paired live dancers with digitized butterfly wings projected inside floating orbs to create a single, fluid movement of person and pixels onstage. In-house animators achieved the effect by using green-screen technology. Prices start at $10,000.
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Los Angeles-based Le Ombre performs a mélange of dance and acrobatics against a backdrop of images and shadows, and can perform sets that incorporate branding, graphics and messaging. Full-length shows run from 60 to 90 minutes. The group travels internationally, and prices range from $25,000 to $65,000 for U.S. shows.
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The laser harp from Lightwave International has light beams instead of strings for its performers to pluck. When the performer’s finger interrupts the beam, it sends a signal to its audio technology to play the corresponding note. A performance costs between $7,000 and $12,000.
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Companies including Google and Disney have booked iLuminate. Dancers wear bodysuits outfitted with wirelessly controlled lights that coordinate with the dancers’ movements, resulting in sci-fi visuals. Based in New York and Los Angeles, iLuminate performances start at $6,000.
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Kansas City, Missouri-based Quixotic Fusion offers an eclectic swirl of acrobatic feats, pulsing rhythms, and colorful digital images and light projections. The group can perform from five-minute openers up to 75-minute features. Prices start at $15,000 for shows in the U.S.
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Chicago-based mixologist Revae Schneider of Femme du Coupe is also making use of Templeton Rye whiskey and lavender this fall. Her "La Tenue" cocktail blends Templeton Rye with lavender bitters, blueberry-lavender syrup, lemon juice, vanilla-citrus liqueur Tuaca, and Angostura bitters.
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Washing a space in red lights is a simple but effective statement, which is what Stoelt Productions did at New York's American Museum of Natural History for this year's Clio Awards.
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The event celebrated Marwen's 25th anniversary, or silver birthday. To underscore the theme, guests entered the dinner tent through a tunnel of silver balloons.
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Inside, the entrance was covered with orange flowers and decorated with letter decals to spell out the event's official name, PRE.
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