Lighting Dance - A Study of Technical, Philosophical, and Psychological Shadows

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

This book 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 analyses what it advances as an innovative expression of shadow in dance.

Product details

• Authors: Flaviana Xavier Antunes Sampaio, Flaviana Xavier Antunes Tipton Sampaio, Jennifer Tipton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780367219161
• ISBN: 978-0-367-21916-1
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Dance, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Folk, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Modern, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Reference, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Popular, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Choreography & Dance Notation, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Jazz, Theatre: technical & background skills, Performance Art, Theatre: technical and background skills, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Ballroom