Lighting the Dance - At Home and Away
Plays share a lot in common with novels. They are character driven long-form storytelling. Designing for dance differs greatly from theatrical works. If theatre is like a novel, then dance is like a poem. In fact, the poetry of dance has led some people to speak of it as the the very quintessence of performance. Lighting dance is very much like composing a poem. One must be incredibly attuned to each and every ch…