Lifting platform
A lifting platform is a technical lowering device for the lower stage in the manner of a lifting floor and is part of the stage machinery . With such podiums , parts of the stage floor can be moved vertically, but in some cases can also be tilted. They are used for transformation during the performance as well as for transport purposes between the stage level and the lower stage (for example the so-called sinking ). It is often designed as a lifting table and is driven, for example, by electric motors and hydraulic drives.
Often several horns extend across the entire width of the stage, so that the stage can be staggered. On the chessboard stage , several podiums are arranged one behind the other. For a cylinder turntable, lifting platforms are built into a turntable . The first stage podiums were installed in the Budapest Opera House in 1884 .
Designs
The simple podium has only one place setting (ie a platform the size of the cutout), which can usually only be moved down from the stage level. The double-deck podium consists of two place settings. It can be moved so that the lower platform reaches the stage level. It is also possible for the lower platform to move within the podium structure. The podium with inclinable table setting enables inclines to be created on the stage.
Lifting platforms can be found in many places in the theater, not just on the stage. Depending on how the orchestra is used , the orchestra pit can be moved with an “orchestra podium” , or the auditorium can be redesigned with the help of “hall podiums”. In order to compensate for differences in height on the stage, there are “compensation podiums”. "Table and person recesses" are used to move only small parts of the stage floor.
literature
- Arnold Jacobshagen (Hrsg.): Practice music theater. A manual. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2002, ISBN 3-89007-512-6 , pp. 193-194.
- Bruno Grösel: Bühnentechnik: Mechanischeeinrichtungen , Oldenburg Industrieverlag, Munich 2007, 4th edition, pp. 52–87. ISBN 3702905553 .