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Alexander Kotov chooses Ayrton for UAE Pro League Awards
Lighting designer Alexander Kotov - co-founder and technical director of Cueline, operating out of Dubai - opted for 24 Ayrton Rivale Profiles and 46 Ayrton Kyalami fixtures for his design in the ballroom of the Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi, where the UAE Pro League Awards 2025-26 were celebrated on August 10, 2026.
The event was attended by an invited audience of VIPs. “There were senior officials, football stars, club representatives and, of course, the UAE Pro League Chairman, H.E. Abdulla Naser Al Jneibi, in attendance”, Kotov reports. “So we needed a system that worked equally well for the VIP audience and for the broadcast cameras.”
Produced by the team from No. 1 Events & Productions, the creative idea transformed the ballroom into a stadium with tribunes built around a playing field made entirely of LED floor, seamlessly connected to the main LED screen. According to Kotov, “the venue itself presented several significant challenges - load capacity, a roof height of no more than 6 m and an unforgiving white ceiling.”
“With only 250 kg per rigging point and with those points not located in our preferred positions, we had to make a couple of creative rigging decisions to get every fixture where we wanted it”, he continues. “The Rivale Profile’s 4°-52° zoom range meant the low ceiling was not an issue. Opting for the Rivale also allowed us to overcome the other issues of the white ceiling, the number of LED screens, and a laser performer with dancers, all of which meant we needed precise control of intensities and sharp shutter cuts to prevent any spill.”
“Rivale was our key light - 360° - for all cameras and the audience”, Kotov furthers. “Its speed of movement allowed the fixtures to work as automated followspots: the two MCs (Master of Ceremonies) were followed by a Lumatrack tracking system, so we could keep them well-lit for TV and broadcast wherever they moved, while keeping the content on the floor clean with very little light spill around them.”
The busy space filled with dancers and MC movements, plus the LED screen system that flowed from the upright screens across the performance floor, meant inconspicuous floor lighting was essential. “We wanted floor-level lighting to break up the top light without blocking the LED content, and around the audience where we couldn’t use bulky fixtures, so it was crucial to have small fixtures everywhere”, Kotov says.
Forty-six Kyalami were rigged in three positions: at floor level behind the performers, around the audience, and on top of the screen. “The Kyalami gave us depth behind the performers at floor level, separating them from the top light without ever blocking the LED content, while the units around the audience and on top of the screen extended the same look across the whole room without intruding into the picture”, Kotov explains.
Kotov worked alongside Show Director Hassan Abdulhamid and Project Manager Mohammed Navas, both of No. 1 Events & Productions, as well as Konstantin Chaika (Timecode & Preprogramming), Mirco Resta (Technical Director) and Alexey Vlasov (D3 Operator).
(Photos: No. 1 Events & Productions/Satish Kumar)
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