Based on the popularity of Live Design's 31 Days Of Plots in December each year, we have decided to present Plot Of The Week, with a light plot (or plots) per week until December 2023, when the next 31 Days Of Plots begins.
Lighting designer Tony Tucci shares the plots for the 85-minute, full-length work, Light/The Holocaust And Humanity Project, as performed by Ballet Austin at The Long Center, Austin, Texas, March 31, 2023- April 2, 2023.
"There are five distinct sections with specific references starting with the biblical story of Adam and Eve as the circle of life begins," Tucci explains. "The first section of the work uses a scenic tree against a black scrim/rear projection screen, multiple layers of projection screens that create an idea of treetops. Video along with conventional templates and color suggest seasonal changes. There is a normalcy to this first section that is interrupted when the harsh light of moving train changes the tone. The projection screens lower to allow for video of multiple doors, where behind, there are people fearing the unknown. The dancers are lit behind multiple layers of images of their homes. Suggestions of a crammed train box cars and sirens following people on a journey to the unknown. The fourth section titled Ashes suggests the circle of life with a strong central area of light where solos and duet stories happen and others are circling, observing so not strongly illuminated. The idea was to override the natural skin tone to look like white ash for this section. The final section is a feeling of hopefulness. The scenic rotating sphere with mirrors suggests glimmers of light the allows us to survive through unrelenting hope"
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Crew
- Concept/Choreography: Stephen Mills
- Set/Costume Design: Christopher McCollum
- Lighting Design: Tony Tucci
- Music: Steve Reich [Tehellim],Evelyn Glennie [Rhythm Song], Michael Gordon [Weather], Arco Part [Tabula Rasa], Philip Glass [Tirol Concerto]
- Media Design: Action Figure
- Production Stage Manager: Bill Sheffield
- Technical Director: Steven Myers
- Assistant Designer: Erin Earle Fleming
- Draftsperson: Chad R. Jung
- Programmer: C.J Swinburn
- ME: Andrea Danburg
- AME: Ryan Gallagher
- Deck Electrician: Matt Szemkus
- Projectionist: Sam Chesney
- Spot operators: Jon Vickers & David “Freefall” Gonzales
- Assistant Stage Manager: Gloria Labatut Davies
Gear List
- 248 ETC Conventional fixtures
- 12 8” Fresnel
- 4- Four-circuit 8’ Ministrips
- 2 Lycian Followspots
- 18 Altman Spectra 200
- 15 Vari-Lite VL2600 Wash fixtures
- 12 Vari-Lite VL2600 Profile fixtures
- 10 SeaChangers
- 2 LC Christie 22k projectors
- 2 DMX Dousers
- 1 DMX motor
- 3 GAM Film FX
- 2 Le Maitre MVS Hazers
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