LDI 2017

$395 ($495 after 9/14) lunch included  LDI2017 presents an unprecedented daylong special symposium on the state-of-the-art of dance lighting, production, and touring. Topics will include domestic and international touring, lighting dance for video, historical perspectives, managing festivals and rep, and hot-topic solutions with LEDs, moving lights, and OSC control. Noted dance lighting designer Clifton Taylor, whose recent dance design work has been commissioned in Russia, China, France, Chile, the UK, and Indonesia—as well as throughout the United States, curates this symposium. He is the resident designer for several NY-based contemporary dance companies and he has also designed works for the Boston Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet, ABT, Paul Taylor American Dance Theater, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and many others. The format of the CLIFTalks comprises short, compelling talks by leading designers in the dance world as they share their insights and inspiration: CLIFTalks Schedule 8:30am – 9:00am Meet and Greet 9:00am – 9:10am Clifton Taylor: Welcome talk and introduction to the day 9:10am – 9:30am Judith Daitsman: Jean Rosenthal and the Origins of What We Do 9:30am – 9:50am Kevin Dreyer: The Legacy of Tom Skelton and perspectives on the Repertory Plot 9:50am – 10:10am Pat Thomas: The Stage Manager and The Lighting Designer 10:10am – 10:30am Brandon Stirling Baker: Maintaining the Essential Core of a Design Idea 10:30am – 10:45am Moderated Questions 10:45am – 11:00am Break 11:00am – 11:20am Al Crawford: Lighting the African-American Experience: how the designers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater changed our conceptions of light and color 11:20am – 11:40am Jim French: TimeCode, OSC and reasons (not?) to automate 11:40am – 12:00pm Kate Bashore: Managing the festival: Solutions from “Fall for Dance” 12:00pm – 12:30pm Moderated Questions 12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch Break: Lunch provided 1:30pm – 1:40pm Clifton Taylor: Afternoon Introduction 1:40pm – 2:00pm Mark Mongold: We say: “Light.” They say: свет (Svet), Luz, Licht, Lumière, Luche, Llum, Luce. Let's call the Load In Off! A discussion of the differences in the culture of international lighting design and technical planning 2:00pm – 2:20pm Roya Abab: Documenting the Design: Solutions for maintaining a company’s rep in a post-gel world 2:20pm – 2:40pm Ken Tabachnick: Relying on the House Equipment 2:40pm – 3:00pm Moderated Questions 3:00pm – 3:15pm Break 3:15pm – 3:35pm Aaron Copp: The Death of the Rep Plot 3:35pm – 3:55pm Susan Hamburger: What Every Dancer (Should) Know about Light 3:55pm – 4:15pm Clifton Taylor: Light and the 4-Dimensioned Canvas 4:15pm – 4:30pm Moderated Questions 4:45pm – 5:30pm Panel Discussion: Lighting Design at the LED Event Horizon Christina Giannelli, Moderator  Robert Wierzel, Freelance Lighting Designer Christopher Dennis, Production Director, San Francisco Ballet