Rigging Math Made Simple
Delbert Hall, Ph.D., is head of the design and technical theatre program in the Division of Theatre and Dance at East Tennessee State University, where he has taught since 1986.  Dr. Hall received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida, his MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and his B.S.Ed. from Western Carolina University.  He is the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology - Southeast Region's Outstanding Educator in Theatrical Design and Technology for 2000-2001, and received an Outstanding Achievement Award for special effects rigging from the Kennedy Center for the Arts in 2000.  Delbert is the president of D2 Flying Effects, LLC, and has been rigging performer flying effects and aerial dance apparatus for over 30 years.  He is an ETCP certified rigger (Theatre) and an ETCP Recognized Trainer.  Delbert regularly teaches workshops on rigging and rigging math and is the originator of RigCalc, a rigging calculator app with versions for Android and Apple iOS devices.   Delbert also does destructive testing of hardware used in the entertainment industry and fabrics used in aerial dance in order to better understand how these items break and at what loads.