Lighting Dance: A Study of Technical, Philosophical, and Psychological Shadows
Lighting Dance: A Study of Technical, Philosophical, and Psychological Shadows
by Flaviana Xavier Antunes Sampaio
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0367219166 | 209 Pages | PDF | 33 MB
by Flaviana Xavier Antunes Sampaio
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0367219166 | 209 Pages | PDF | 33 MB
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 as painting, film, and dance pieces from Loie Fuller, the Russell Maliphant Dance Company, Elevenplay, Pilobolus, and the Tao Dance Theater served to inspire and contextualise the study. From lighting to psychology, from reviews to academic books, shadows are examined as a symbolic and manipulative entity. The book also presents the dance solo Sombreiro, which was created to echo the experiments with light, shadow, and movement aligned to an interpretation of cultural shadow (Jung 1954, in Samuels, Shorter, and Plaut 1986; Casement 2006; Ramos 2004; Stein 2004; and others).