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own shadow. While Viennese start-up company technology partnership with zactrack and are
zactrack® supplied the so ware solution, it was developing new elds of application in the area

Austrian-based lighting manufacturer Zumtobel of dynamic lighting within the scope of this co-
Group that handled the lighting.
operation. As a lighting company, we are focusing

The new lighting system was previewed in late extensively on the possibilities in the area of smart
November before an audience of 300 people in and connected lighting. Solutions that allow the

the school’s most recent show. The special track- customer to adapt the lighting exibly to di erent

ing system made sure that the lights were angled requirements will clearly shape the future.”
in a way that kept the horses in the center of the The zactrack automatic tracking systems have

light, regardless of where they were in the arena. been used over the past several years at sports
The rst public show to include the new lighting events and on theater stages. The radio-controlled

system is scheduled to take place on New Year’s tracking technology is tailored to suit each individ-

Eve.
ual occasion. For this installation, great care was
“We are out to ensure that our precision per- taken to ensure that the sensitive horses – which

formances are displayed to even be er e ect are easily distressed by external in uences – do
through this stage lighting system,” says Elisabeth not notice the zactrack system. “[Our] mathemat-

Gürtler, Managing Director of the Spanish Riding ic calculation provides just enough light in front of

School.
them to ensure that they don’t have to walk into
Georg Ebner, Head of Sales in Austria for Zum- the dark,” says Werner Petricek, CEO of zactrack.

tobel Group, notes, “As the future lighting partner In addition to its collaboration with Zumtobel
of the Spanish Riding School, we are proud to Group, zactrack has also partnered with Red Bull,

have been asked to support the installation of BMW, Audi, PRG (USA), Holiday on Ice (Nether-

this unique lighting system. We maintain an open
lands), and Cinelux (Spain), among others. 

“We are out At a pre-premiere,
300 guests were able
to ensure that to see how well suited

the new lighting system
our precision for the show of the
“White Ballet” is.

performances

are displayed

to even

be er e ect

through this

stage lighting

system”

— Elisabeth Gürtler,

Managing Director of the
Spanish Riding School

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