Performance lighting
Bend the Air: National Finals and Gala 2025
Aerial artistry above the stage and an awards celebration below it. Krank'd provided lighting for Bend the Air's National Finals and Gala in January 2025.
Explore the production- When
- January 2025
- Where
- Gold Coast
A side-stage view of the tall aerial performance area.
Aerial arts in a national competition setting
Bend the Air brings aerial, acrobatic and circus performers into a competition programme that culminates in national finals. The January 2025 event on the Gold Coast paired those finals with a gala and awards celebration, bringing performers together after the competition rounds.
The disciplines place different demands on the performance space. Silks, hoops and other apparatus carry the action above the stage, while floor work and ensemble routines bring it back down. A routine is both a display of physical technique and a piece of performance, with music, costume and movement contributing to its character.
Keeping the full performance in view
Krank'd provided the lighting for the finals and gala performances. The stage picture extended vertically with the aerialists, so the visual presentation needed to include the space above the floor as well as the performers' entrances and ground-based work.
The production photographs preserve that full height, showing the relationship between the aerial apparatus and the stage beneath it. We continued working with Bend the Air in January 2026, supplying and building the lighting rig for Just Acrobatics at the Flinders Performance Centre in Buderim.
