1st Edition
Lighting Dance A Study of Technical, Philosophical, and Psychological Shadows
By Flaviana Xavier Antunes Sampaio
Copyright 2021
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Lighting Dance pioneers the discussion of the ability of lighting design to foreground shadow in dance performances.
Through a series of experiments integrating light, shadow, and improvised dance movement, it highlights and analyses what it advances as an innovative expression of shadow in dance as an alternative to more conventional approaches to lighting design. Different art forms, such... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1: Without light there is no shadow; Chapter 2: Shadowing dance:; Chapter 3: The behaviour of shadows in artforms; Chapter 4: Theories of shadows and their possible applications in dance practice; Chapter 5: Playing with shadows; Chapter 6: Sombreiro, a shadowy dance performance; Afterword; Appedices; The experiments
Biography
Flaviana Xavier Antunes Sampaio is a Professor at the Bahia Southwest State University, Brazil. She has studied Dance at Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. level, and has been researching dance lighting since 2004. Her works have been presented in the UK, Japan, Brazil, and Czech Republic.
