Dance and Light

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Table of Contents
6. Acknowledgments
7. Author’s Note
8. Introduction
9. 1. 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?
10. 2. What’s It All About? Or, Dance, Meet Light; Light, Meet Dance
11. 3. Learning about Dance
12. 4. Dance and Light
13. 5. Dance and Space
14. 6. Talking with the Choreographer
15. 7. Communicating with the Dancer
16. 8. A Conversation I Wish I Had
17. 9. Learning the Dance Work
18. 10. Understanding the Piece or How to Approach Cueing
19. 11. Why Did You Put That Light There?
20. 12. Dance and Color
21. 13. Color as a Storytelling Tool
22. 14. The Designer as Storyteller
23. 15. Sharing Your Ideas for the Dance
24. 16. The Designer’s Toolbox
25. 17. The Dance Light Plot
26. 18. Changing Technologies and What They Mean
27. 19. Simple Rules
28. 20. Limitations as Design Ideas
29. 21. On Being the Only Designer in the Room
30. 22. Advice for the Choreographer Who Has to Go It Alone
31. 23. My Partners in the Theatre
32. 24. A Little Help from My Friends
33. 25. Practical Examples
34. Index