ADJ Vizi Beam CMY fixtures were deployed for the Fifth Avenue Dance Competition touring across multiple cities in Belgium. The national event showcases young dancers across styles ranging from classical ballet to street dance. Production company DDA Sound and Light has served as the event’s technical supplier since 2024.
At the heart of the lighting rig are eight of ADJ’s powerful Vizi Beam CMY automated luminaires. Positioned evenly across left and right upstage trusses, the fixtures project intense beams from behind the performers. DDA Sound and Light invested in a total of 16 Vizi Beam CMY fixtures in 2025 and has used them for a wide variety of productions and dry hire projects.
We bought the Vizi Beam CMYs to replace older beams in our inventory, explains DDA Sound and Light’s Dieter Antheunis. These fixtures fill the gap in our rental range as a cost effective, high impact show lamp. The CMY color mixing is, for us, a very important feature for the shows we do. Not only does it allow increased creative potential, but enhanced compatibility with other fixtures as we can match colors effectively.
The Vizi Beam CMY combines output with creative tools. Powered by the Osram Sirius HRI 310W PRO discharge lamp, the fixture produces a tight 2-degree beam. Its feature set includes CMY color mixing, a 14-color wheel plus open white, 17 static GOBOs, dual overlapping prisms, motorized focus, and a frost filter. High-performance 3-phase motors ensure ultra-fast pan and tilt movement, while the integrated Aria X2 wireless transceiver enables wireless DMX control.
Efficiency is key to the successful delivery of each show. From load-in and building the base structure to completing the lighting and sound setup, it takes approximately three hours to set up for a Fifth Avenue Dance Competition show with a team of three people, explains DDA Sound and Light’s Kevin Thoelen. Our main goal with the lighting is to creatively support each individual performance, adapting the colors, GOBOs and movements to match the genre of music.
For classical ballet, lighting is mainly used as a subtle background element. For categories such as street dance and during award ceremonies, there is a stronger focus on visual impact. The ADJ fixtures in our inventory are used extensively for both dry hire and our own productions, concludes Kevin. Overall, we are satisfied with their performance and versatility.
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