LDI 2017

Christopher Dennis served as the Resident Lighting Designer and Lighting Coordinator at The National Ballet of Canada for 14 seasons, before joining San Francisco Ballet as Technical Director in 2010, where he is currently Production Director. He has created memorable and evocative lighting designs for many of the National Ballet’s productions, including Aszure Barton’s Watch her, James Kudelka’s Cinderella, Matjash Mrozewski’s A Delicate Battle and Jean-Pierre Perreault’s The Comforts of Solitude. His work for San Francisco Ballet includes Yuri Possokhov’s The Rite of Spring, Francesca da Rimini and RAkU, Optimistic Tragedy, as well as Helgi Tomasson’s Trio and Caprice. Mr. Dennis’ lighting designs are in the repertoires of ballet companies around the world, including American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, West Australia Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, ProArteDanza and Moonhorse Dance Theatre. In addition to his work in dance, Mr. Dennis has designed lighting for the Shaw and Stratford Festivals as well as other regional opera, theatre and film productions throughout Canada. Mr. Dennis served as Lighting Director for Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project and was Assistant Resident Lighting Designer for the Metropolitan Opera’s 2009/10 season.