Kabuki Drop System

Reveals at the Touch of a Button!

The Gerriets KABUKI G2 drop system allows for a safe simultaneous curtain drop in mere seconds. The electronically controlled and extremely quick KABUKI G2 system allows load ratings up to 110 lbs per release unit. That means a 100% higher load ratings than other systems. The system is simple to use and is easily expandable, with systems ranging from single point drops to curtain drops over 380' wide. Each release unit can be placed up to 6'-6" apart. If you need more width, just add another unit to the chain making this the perfect system for any size stage. The units can be positioned along a standard pipe or truss as well as curved configurations. 

Need help designing a system? Call 800-369-3695 or email our experts and we will fit the system to your needs.

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Asisi Panoramabilder
Germany / France

 

Project

  • Panoramas from the world famous Yadegar Asisi were suspended from over 900 meters of JOKER 95 track at locations in Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Wittenberg, Hanover, Pforzheim and Rouen.
  • In addition to the track, a wide range of fixtures and accessories were used.
  • The spectacular 360° panoramas were revealed using Gerriets KABUKI systems. More than 100 units were required for this project.

 

Client

  • Yadegar Asisi

 

Location

  • Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Wittenberg, Hannover, Pforzheim / Germany
  • Rouen / France
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KRAFTWERK Concert
Berlin / Germany

 

Project

  • Use of inflatable bass absorber „aQflex™“ for reducing the reverberation times in the New National Gallery Berlin.
  • Production of the OPTILUX projection screens on the side of the stage.
  • Provision of light gray Front curtain (24.00 m x 10.00 m) made from TAFFETA CS. Front curtain was falling by using the G2 KABUKI system.
  • KING-Track for another stage curtain.

 

Project management

  • cc:blank GmbH

 

Client

  • KRAFTWERK

 

Location

  • Berlin / Germany

 

Further information, planning and audio examples can be found on gerriets-acoustics.com.

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Panometer Leipzig
Germany


Project

  • Reveal of giant panoramic image of the wreck of the Titanic.
  • The Asisi panorama was installed using Gerriets JOKER 95 track system in 2012.
  • An additional circular track was installed in front of the 111 m (364'2") wide panorama picture equipped with 111 KABUKI G2 units.
  • Three 37 m (121'4") by 35 m (114'8") taffeta curtains were used for the reveal of Asisi’s latest work.

 

Designer

  • Yadegar Asisi

 

Client

  • Panometer Leipzig
 

Location

  • Leipzig / Germany
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State Opera House
Tibilisi / Georgia


Project

  • Around 2,700 square meters of stage velvet CLIVIA 600 were used to create the festoons, legs and a main curtain.
  • The grand theatrical curtain has been decorated with a golden ornament application using the effect fabric GRANAT.
  • The sound-reflecting textile CLIVIA ECHO was used to improve the acoustics.
  • A silver camouflage curtain measuring 18.0 x 11.0 m (59 x 36 ft).
  • The dropping of backdrop material was made possible by using an electronically controlled KABUKI G2 system.
  • A gold-coloured, two-part grand theatrical curtain with a width measuring 20.5 m and a height of 11.0 m (67 x 36 ft).
  • A second grand theatrical curtain seamlessly printed on a surface of 17.0 x 11.1 m (56 x 36 ft) delivered completely assembled. The motive was painted according to a photograph of the original curtain that was burned in the past and painstakingly reconstructed by the Georgian artist Sergo Kobuladze


Client

  • Opera and Ballet State Theatre

 

Location

  • Tibilisi / Georgia