Sophia Levine, DANC 360, Lighting Moments 10-12

Lighting Moment 10
As I walked the path that cuts in front of Twilight Hall, I noticed that the morning sunlight caught the filaments of hundreds of spider webs that bridged the tips of the grass.

The only way I can think of to make this happen onstage is to have fishing wire making webs across the stage and sporadically places sidelights that travel through. What a tripping hazard it would be for the dancers though!

Lighting Moment 11
We used to drive to our lake house at Conneaut Lake so that we would arrive just in time for the sunset. I would curl up in the back seat and close my eyes. The sunlight would filter through my eyelids creating a warm red/orange glow.

I am not sure how you could create this lighting mood onstage. Maybe some sort of backlit scrim would do the trick.

Lighting Moment 12
Here’s a silly one. I recently moved into a new room and for the first time have a full length mirror to model in. My mentor Tyra tells me to learn my angles, to catch the light with my best features. To take full advantage of my room’s beauteous down pool—created by a school-issued energy-saving white fluorescent bulb—I tilt my right or left cheekbone to the sky. My face becomes a sculpture of shadow and light. In essence I move my face so that the down pool becomes sidelight. Oh how I love sidelight!

To create this effect onstage: sidelight sidelight sidelight. Opposing sidelight with complementary colors could further enhance the sculpting effect.