Shackles, Burlap, & Lies

Currently the Assistant Technical Director at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Arts in Hollywood CA, Claudia Peterson joins the podcast to discuss her path in the industry and how she has dealt with the sexism that still exists.

Episode 32 – Counter Weight Rigging with the ESA

Our simulcast with the Event Safety Alliance on Counter Weight Rigging! Host Danielle Hernandez and Ethan talk about counter weight rigging and a few things to consider when we are allowed back on stage.

Event Safety Alliance - https://www.eventsafetyalliance.org/

From starting his rigging career at a national corporation with 892 venues (think bread sticks), to working for Disney, to his current role as Senior Technical Trainer at the most well know electric hoist manufacturer (CM), Brian Leister talks about his journey, the usefulness of rope access training, and the awesome CM training facility at Rock Lititz. And a NEW “regular” question makes its debut!

CM at Rock Lititz - https://training.cmworks.com/pages/rock-lititz

Duel ETCP certified Rigger Tyler Delong of Delong Rigging Solutions spends some time discussing his experience touring with Broadway shows such as Mama Mia, The Adams Family, Blue Man Group, & Feld Entertainment. Most recently he and his father started Delong Rigging Solutions and has been producing “One shot Training” which are short topic specific videos teaching rigging concepts for beginners.

From the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Wicked to Cathy Rigby's Emmy Award winning DVD of Peter Pan and everything in between, aerial choreographer “The Fly Guy” Paul Rubin has created some of the most memorable aerial performance pieces of the last 3 decades. We discuss his journey from starting at Flying By Foy and then co-founding ZFX Flying Effects, to his current role as an aerial choreographer where we talk about the challenges of creating flight beyond just the hardware of rope and pulleys.

The Fly Guy web site - https://www.theflyguy.com/

Owner of BNW rigging and all-around great person Tony Bonilla joins us to talk about rigging in the big city of New York. From being a great box pusher and rigging for the circus to creative problem solving installing 4 ton window shades in a venue in Manhattan, Tony shares some great stories and some bad jokes.

BNW social media - https://www.facebook.com/BNWRigger

The Shed in NYC - https://theshed.org/about/building

Working for Disney, the $130 Billion dollar corporation, certainly has its perks. But your average green horn rigger does not just roll out of bed and start re-rigging a fully functional replica of the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe. There are a few “stops” along the way. In this weeks episode we talk to Brian Reed, stage hand, rigger, and rope access technician who discusses his journey from being an assistant stage manager, working on the Queen Mary two, rigging special FX shows in Las Vegas, and working for ZFX where he learned to fly people. He also gives us a peak behind the vail of the world’s most well-known mega theme park.

Ever think you would hear truss compared to milk? Well now you can. This week’s guest, Patrick Santini, CEO and founder of Modtruss talks about what makes Modtuss different than the traditional truss we use in the entertainment industry. We discuss how he started the company, some of the challenges of breaking into an already established market, some of the projects he is proudest of, and much much more!

Modtruss web site - https://www.modtruss.com/

Moving the Berlin Wall in NYC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uytfCzeRRVo

From being born in a trunk at the Princess Theater in Pocatello Idaho to founding LISTON Flying Trapeze in New Windsor New York with his daughter, Jonathan Deull dons his waders as we journey into the weeds on performer flying, circus rigging, chandeliers falling around masked opera singers, and a whole lot more.

E1.43-2016 Perform Flying Systems - https://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/published_docs.php

LISTO Flying Trapeze facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/listoflyingtrapeze

Motion Labs VP of Eastern US & Canadian sales Rick Montgomery smartens up our host about chain hoist control and other related topics. Rick shares with us his top items to check on every controller, a few tricks and tips, and of course some laughs.

Motion Labs web site - https://www.motionlabs.com/