LDI 2017

Al Crawford has been the lighting director of the world renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater since 1998. Now in his 19th season with the famed dance company, he has produced the lighting for Ailey in virtually every major theater, performing arts center and opera house on the planet having toured to 48 states and over 60 countries. He has had the opportunity to work directly with many important choreographers in the dance world including Judith Jamison, Robert Battle, Garth Fagan, Ronald Brown, Matthew Rushing, George Faison, Christopher Huggins, Hope Boykin, Jeanguy Saintus, and has designed 16 new works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and 12 for Ailey II. Additionally, he has been responsible for maintaining the lighting for the significant Ailey repertory designed by many of the top lighting designers in the industry. Crawford founded Arc3design, a lighting design group dedicated to merging his theatrical aesthetic into all areas of art, architecture, dance, live music, theater, television, and live event production. Arc3design employs a team of talented designers and technical artists that support the creation and implementation of new projects worldwide.