Tent City - Light Design

Nothing would properly function in the illumination control center without the
assistance of computers. The guests want quality - also when it concerns
the lighting. High Tech has become an attraction in largest circus in Europe.

Two computers, two switch boxes and 170.000 Watts. The Portuguese is a trained electrical engineer and light design technician. For six years he has controlled the computer-aided lighting system at Circus Krone. His position is the fulfillment of a dream. Tino's workshop place resembles the cockpit of an airplane. Nestled between hundreds of switches, buttons, and sliders numerous yellow and red small lamps are flashing. Out of electronic switch boxes, as large as wardrobe closet, comes the steady of the ventilators.

However, he doesn't have much room. The largest portion of his barely five-square-
meters-sized cabin is occupied by his equipment. There is only sufficient room for
the rotating seat from which he controls his instruments. Using his headset, Tino
Munoz directs six lighting technicians and with his mixer unit he controls 140 light
devices and nine scanners for further special effects.

He observes the correct operation and staging of the programmed light to ensure
the proper lighting effects. He always has to be reachable for the director, should a
problem arise. His most horrifying nightmare would be, if the complete lighting and
the emergency lighting were to break down during a wild animal performance and
the trainers were to become lost without knowing where the animals are situated.

His avowed goal:
"the best light direction for the best artists in the world"
is to be seen at Circus Krone.

Tino Munoz is married to Tania Jahn-Munoz. 
The former air-acrobat is a descendant of the famous "Turnvater Jahn".

They have two sons: Tyrone and Sven. 

email: 
Tino_Munoz@circus-krone.de
Please note that mails cannot be immediately answered.