7/2/2023 0 Comments Onstage lighting![]() ![]() Perhaps the closest analogy would be the relationship of the composer to their conductor. The relationship between a dancer and their light, between a choreographer and their lighting designer, is unique among artistic collaborations. “Dancers live in light as fish live in water.” If you have ever seen a truly first rate dancer glide across the stage effortlessly and with infinite grace, you know what this means. ![]() The rest is style and historical aesthetics. ![]() These first few sentences are perhaps all one needs to understand the dance. My extraordinary good fortune was that I came along at a point in time when Martha Graham was creating and when Lincoln Kirstein was backing George Balanchine to create new and fresh uses of the ballet form. ~~Jean Rosenthal, The Magic of Light Dance Lighting Lighting the Dance If I leave anything to posterity, it will be, I think, most importantly in the field of dance lighting. I have designed the decor as well as the lighting for a good many ballets and I have installed the basic systems with which I have worked in dance repertory. Designing for the dance has been my most constant love. Within translucent walls and above the stage floor, the lighting supports their flashing buoyance or their arrested sculptural bodies. The stage space in which they move is their aquarium, their portion of the sea. An great introduction to dance lighting that looks at some history, theory and the use of side light in particular.ĭancers live in light as fish live in water. A guest post from Lucas Krech, a Lighting Designer with a passion for lighting dance performance. ![]()
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