Dance Lighting Intensive: Revealing Movement with Light
This course will take an intensive look at lighting for dance and movement. How do we think about movement and light connect? How do we talk about it with a choreographer? What useful ways to create a cue list? How do you create a light plot from contemporary equipment? What are the challenges of managing a repertory plot and database for large scale dance companies?
Three (3) online sessions: April 8, 15 and 22, 2023
Mark Stanley
Week 1 April 8
Light and Movement
The perfect intersection of time and space
Revealing the Human Form: From Face light to shin busters
Lighting across the movement spectrum.
Ballet or contemporary: Is there a difference?
Discovering the movement vocabulary- Lighting the movement or the music?
Guest choreographer
How to look at and talk about choreography
Blocking charts and cueing. Creating a personal movement/lighting script.
Assignment: Create a cue list for a short solo/duet
Week 2 April 15
Review Assignment
Lighting Dance in the 21st Century: Movement, movers, and LED’s
Major influencers in dance lighting and different styles
From William Forsythe to Mikki Kunttu
Building a light plot with today’s equipment:
Essential angles, focus options, and equipment
Programming time
Costs and budgets
Touring
Week 3 April 22
Large and small repertory.
Small, medium, NYCB, Europe
Different approaches to rep plots
Archiving paperwork Guests: Jim French, John Cuff, Roya Abab
Gels and LED’s
Focus Charts
Switching between ML and Conventionals
