GRisdale Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Can anyone point me towards an alternative supplier of side stands / booms / 'ballet booms' (whatever you want to call them) other than the standard tank traps? My venue sees a lot of contemporary dance, and for a few months a year does nothing but (university assessments) and we're looking for something that: *Can be moved around (wheeled preferably) while rigged (eg. rig: S4 shin, Cantata F mid and top)*Supports fairly heavy lanterns at height without being unstable (Cantata F at 2m for example)*Allows fairly easy adjustments of heights*Looks nice :-) I know there are such things out in the world - I saw some in the wings of Saddlers Wells not so long ago, but they may have belonged to the Alston Dance Company - but have not at yet found anyone that specialises in such things. If it is the case that you have to build your own, does anyone have a drawing/photo/design/sucess story of something that does the above? Thanks in advance,Gareth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Frazer Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 My advice would be to give Sadlers Wells or Covent garden a call. I know they own theirs but I'm not sure where they got them from. they have a ladder up the back, fold in half for storage and have locking castors IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Have a look at this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 ... especially post #8. I posted some photos of the sidelight towers that are used by a major touring dance company. Google is your friend .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRisdale Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 Thankyou for that - just what I needed. In fairness to myself I did google search the blue room - I thought thoroughly - before posting. "Side lighting stands" "Side stands" "Side booms" and host of other strings failed to return the post pointed to... Maybe google isn't my friend... Maybe it knows my homepage is Yahoo and is holding it against me... :) Thanks again! Gareth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 As dbuckley says this has been covered before, therefore to keep all discussion in one place this thread is now closed. For further discussion see this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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