Dance and light : the partnership between choreography and lighting design /
Dreyer, Kevin,
Dance and light : the partnership between choreography and lighting design / Kevin Dreyer. - New York: Routledge, 2020. - ix, 278 pages : 23 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Why do we need a book about dance lighting? or, if it is all done with the same lights, why is dance so hard to get right? -- What's it all about? or, dance, meet light; light, meet dance -- Learning about dance -- Dance and light -- Dance and space -- Talking with the Choreographer-- Communicating with the dancer -- A conversation I wish I had -- Learning the dance work -- Understanding the piece or how to approach Gueing -- Why did you put that light there? -- Dance and color -- Color as a storytelling tool -- The designer as storyteller -- Sharing your ideas for the dance -- The designer's toolbox -- The dance light plot -- Changing technologies and what they mean -- Simple rules -- Limitations as design ideas -- On being the only designer in the room -- Advice for the choreographer who has to go it alone -- My partners in the theatre -- A little help for my friends -- Practical examples -- Index.
9780367259440
Dance--Stage-setting and scenery.
Stage lighting.
Dance--Production and direction.
Choreography.
GV1782 / .D74
792.8 / D825d
Dance and light : the partnership between choreography and lighting design / Kevin Dreyer. - New York: Routledge, 2020. - ix, 278 pages : 23 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Why do we need a book about dance lighting? or, if it is all done with the same lights, why is dance so hard to get right? -- What's it all about? or, dance, meet light; light, meet dance -- Learning about dance -- Dance and light -- Dance and space -- Talking with the Choreographer-- Communicating with the dancer -- A conversation I wish I had -- Learning the dance work -- Understanding the piece or how to approach Gueing -- Why did you put that light there? -- Dance and color -- Color as a storytelling tool -- The designer as storyteller -- Sharing your ideas for the dance -- The designer's toolbox -- The dance light plot -- Changing technologies and what they mean -- Simple rules -- Limitations as design ideas -- On being the only designer in the room -- Advice for the choreographer who has to go it alone -- My partners in the theatre -- A little help for my friends -- Practical examples -- Index.
9780367259440
Dance--Stage-setting and scenery.
Stage lighting.
Dance--Production and direction.
Choreography.
GV1782 / .D74
792.8 / D825d