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A lighting designer carves a niche for himself in the world of ballet.
Current Home: Ballet Austin Repertory, Austin, Texas
About the Organization: Founded in 1956 as the Austin Ballet Society as a volunteer organization. Incorporated and renamed in 1982.
Also Works With: Washington Ballet, Bruce Wood Dance Company, Louisville Ballet and Dallas Black Dance Company
Career Began: New York’s Hudson Ballet,1970s, where he started as a company carpenter and sound technician.
Projects of Note: Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project, Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre’s Carmina Burana and Christopher Bruce’s Kingdom.
Next Up: The Taming of the Shrew
Equipment: High End Systems
Couldn’t Work Without: John McKernon’s Lightwright software — “that and a really good assistant, to help with the drawings.”
What is Changing: “We’re using more robotics.”
Concerns: “The thing that is most alarming is the time frame to stage shows is shorter and shorter. I think it’s a problem for new people coming to do this kind of work.”
Reason for Getting Up in the Morning: “I love working with dancers. They are the most intelligent of the artists I’ve ever worked with.”
