A lifetime of telling stories with light.
Lighting Design - Dance
Seattle, Washington 1992-2007
University of Washington Dance Program
Lighting Design, Technical Direction, and Production Management for 50 productions including premieres of over 200 new works by University of Washington faculty, MFA candidates, and undergraduates, and reconstruction of 60 works of historical or artistic significance by Chamber Dance Company, the resident professional modern dance company at the University of Washington.
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MFA Dance Concert Artistic Director: Mark Haim 2007
Dance Majors Concert Artistic Director: Jürg Koch 2007
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2007
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Betsy Cooper 2006
Dancing in the Digital Domain Artistic Director: Mark Haim 2006
Dance Majors Concert Artistic Director: Jürg Koch 2006
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2006
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Betsy Cooper 2005
Dance Majors Concert Artistic Director: Jürg Koch 2005
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Betsy Cooper 2005
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2005
Choreographer/Composer Collaborative Concert Artistic Director: Mark Haim 2004
Dance Majors Concert Artistic Director: Jürg Koch 2004
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Maria Simpson 2004
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2004
Lune (Simpson/Kyle Dance Company) at UW Summer Arts Festival 2003 Artistic Directors: Peter Kyle & Maria Simpson 2003
Chamber Dance Company at UW Summer Arts Festival 2003 Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2003
Dance Majors Concert Artistic Director: Maria Simpson 2003
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Betsy Cooper 2003
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2003
Choreographer/Composer Collaborative Concert Artistic Director: Mark Haim 2002
Chamber Dance Company at UW Summer Arts Festival 2002 Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2002
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Betsy Cooper 2002
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2002
Choreographer/Composer Collaborative Concert Artistic Director: Rob Kitsos 2001
Chamber Dance Company at UW Summer Arts Festival 2001 Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2001
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Peter Kyle 2001
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2001
Choreographer/Composer Collaborative Concert Artistic Director: Rob Kitsos 2000
Chamber Dance Company at UW Summer Arts Festival 2000 Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2000
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Michael Wellborn 2000
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 2000
Choreographer/Composer Collaborative Concert Artistic Director: Rob Kitsos 1999
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Rip Parker 1999
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 1999
Graduate Student Showings Artistic Director: Rob Kitsos 1998
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Rip Parker 1998
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 1998
Graduate Student Showings 1997
Dance Majors Concert 1997
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Rip Parker 1997
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 1997
Graduate Student Showings 1996
Dance Majors Concert Artistic Director: Jim Lepore 1996
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Rip Parker 1996
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 1996
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Rip Parker 1995
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 1995
Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director: Rip Parker 1994
Dance Majors Concert Artistic Director: Jim Lepore 1994
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 1994
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 1993
Chamber Dance Company Artistic Director: Hannah Wiley 1992
Seattle, Washington 1990-2004
Spectrum Dance Theater
Artistic Director: Dale Merrill (1990-2003), Donald Byrd (2003-2004)
On a per-project basis, designed lighting, hired stage managers, scheduled and managed crews for 24 Seattle productions featuring premieres of over 50 new works, and for tours within the United States, Mexico, and Europe.
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Works designed:
Bhangra Fever or I'm in the Mood for a Kinda Diasporic Public Sphere Choreographer: Donald Byrd 2004
Tantric Voices Choreographer: Thaddeus Davis 2004
Sleeping Beauty Notebooks (workshop) Choreographer: Donald Byrd 2004
and their souls will understand … Choreographer: Donald Byrd 2004
Da Blues Choreographer: Donald Byrd 2004
Short Dances/Little Stories Choreographer: Donald Byrd 2004
In a Different Light Choreographer: Donald Byrd 2003
Potpourri Selections from repertory 2003
City Night Choreographer: Wade Madsen 2002
A Look, A Thought, A Penny Choreographer: Dale Merrill 2002
Duello Choreographer: Gerard Theoret 2002
Scat Choreographer: Michael Williams 2001
The Coles Choreographer: Dale Merrill / Amy Sennett 2000
Voices of Jazz, Danced with Greta Matassa 1999
Choreographers: Bruce Wells, Wade Madsen, Kabby Mitchell, Cheryl Johnson, Wayne Bascomb, Guy Caridi, Dale Merrill
Chairman Dances Choreographer: Margo Sappington 1999
American Jazz Tribute Choreographers: Ray Bussey, Carol Haney, Guy Caridi 1997
Step Inside Choreographer: Pattie Obey 1996
Of Passions You Have Plenty Choreographer: Mark Kane 1996
Waiting for the Sunrise Choreographer: Lar Lubovitch 1996
Igneous Rhapsody Choreographer: Dwight Rhodin 1996
Grusin Suite Choreographer: Frank Chaves 1995
Jam, Take Loose Choreographer: Wade Madsen 1995
Rain City Blues Choreographer: Dale Merrill 1995
Secular Psalmody Choreographer: Danny Buraczeski 1995
Blue Plate Special Choreographer: Nancy Cranbourne 1994
Nilsson Schmilsson Choreographer: Anne Reinking 1994
Libertango Choreographer: Claire Bataille 1994
Bittersweet AV Choreographer: Randy Duncan 1994
Tribute to Jack Cole Choreographer: Dannul Dailey & Tinka Gutrick 1993
Appearances Choreographer: Lynn Taylor-Corbett 1993
Beyond a Cliff Choreographer: Dwight Rhodin 1993
Jazz Suite Choreographer: Ray Bussey 1992
Tchokola Choreographer: Claire Bataille 1992
Encounter Choreographer: Andre George 1992
The Path Choreographer: Wayne Bascomb 1992
Sketches Choreographer: Peggy Burt 1992
Night Voices Choreographer: Andre George 1992
Up Choreographer: Hilary Easton 1992
Circles Choreographer: Ze'eva Cohen 1992
Dixie Choreographer: Ray Bussey 1992
Three Men in Black Pajamas Choreographer: Kevin Spencer 1992
Elegy Choreographer: Eric Johnson 1992
From One to Another Choreographer: Dale Merrill 1992
Twilight Choreographer: Li Heng Da 1992
Far East Suite (Ellington) Choreographers: Peggy Burt, Dale Merrill, Kevin Spencer 1990
Gershwin Extravaganza Choreographer: Ray Bussey 1990
All is All I Ask Choreographer: Llory Wilson 1990
Untitled Choreographer: Dale Merrill 1990
Three Arias Choreographer: Brenda Daniels 1990
Step N Out Choreographer: Dale Merrill 1990
Salt Lake City, Utah 1982-1985
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
Artistic Directors: Joan Woodbury & Shirley Ririe
Supervised and designed lighting, and stage managed 10 Salt Lake City home season productions and 90 weeks of touring within the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) and Southeast Asia, including the first performance by an American modern dance company in Guangzhou, China.
Works designed:
Electronic Dance Transformer Choreographer: Joan Woodbury 1985
White Solo Choreographer: Loabelle Mangelson 1984
Departures Choreographer: Joan Woodbury 1984
Poetics of Space Choreographer: Joan Woodbury 1983
Stromkarlen Choreographer: Shirley Ririe 1983
Motorcycle/Mayhem Choreographer: Shirley Ririe 1983
Mixed Doubles Choreographer: Joan Woodbury 1983
Bellevue, Washington 1990-1991
Dance Academy of Bellevue
Swan Lake (at Meany Theater, Seattle, WA) Artistic Director: Elizabeth Lanning 1991
Swan Lake (at Meany Theater, Seattle, WA) Artistic Director: Elizabeth Lanning 1990
Bellevue, Washington 1988-1990
Dance Action Northwest
The Nutcracker (at Carlson Theatre, Bellevue, WA) 1990
The Nutcracker (at Carlson Theatre, Bellevue, WA) 1989
The Nutcracker (at Carlson Theatre, Bellevue, WA) 1988
Wichita, Kansas 1986-1987
Mid-America Dance Theater
Spring Concert 1987
Risa Steinberg in concert 1987
Spring Concert 1986
Salt Lake City, Utah 1985
University of Utah - Modern Dance Department
Stargazer & the Princess MFA Thesis concert by Anna Mouat 1985
Reflections MFA Thesis concert by Linda Hollier Wellborn 1985
Salt Lake City, Utah 1984
Children's Dance Theatre
Children's Dance Theatre John Mead 1984
Salt Lake City, Utah 1984
A Company of Four
The Stuff that Bones are made of... Mark Lowdermilk, Susie McGee-Lowdermilk, Gary Vlasic, Larry Stensrud 1984
Anchorage, Alaska 1982-1986
Alaska Contemporary Dance Company
Spring Concert 1986
Spring Concert 1985
Spring Concert 1984
Spring Concert 1982
Kenai, Alaska 1981
Peninsula Dancers
SouthCentral Alaska Tour 1981
Boulder, Colorado 1980
Boulder Jazz Dance Company
Spring Concert 1980
Boulder, Colorado 1980
Boulder Dance Odyssey
Spring Dance Concert 1980
A Dance Concert for Children 1980
Boulder, Colorado 1980
Boulder Free School
... Five Choreographers 1980