{"product_id":"9781350195165","title":"Contemporary Performance Lighting Experience, Creativity and Meaning","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePerformance and Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eContemporary Performance Lighting\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eExperience, Creativity and Meaning\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKatherine Graham | Scott Palmer | Kelli Zezulka | Joslin McKinney | Scott Palmer | Stephen A. Di Benedetto\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first major collection of critical responses to performance lighting and includes contributions from award-winning lighting designers, researchers and artists. Showcasing recent examples of work – with case studies of lighting practices in Britain, Europe, the US and China – ­­combined with theoretical and analytical approaches to practice, this will enrich your understanding of the role and potential of light in performance and related creative practices.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume explores three core themes and provides a framework for thinking through the role of light in performance:\u003cbr\u003e1. Experience - considers both the audience's experience of light and the ways in which light influences the experience of performers\u003cbr\u003e2. Creativity - examines both the creative, performative capacities of light in performance, as well as the creative practices of lighting designers\u003cbr\u003e3. Meaning - offers an expanded view of performance aesthetics by examining the capacity of light to influence and generate meaning within performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe case studies are drawn from a wide-array of lighting practice, including: Jennifer Tipton on the role of light as a structural language in performance; Jesper Kongshaug on the lighting of Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens; Lucy Carter on her work in installation and dance; Psyche Chui on the productive fusion of Western lighting techniques with contemporary Chinese opera; Katharine Williams on the role of light in feminist political theatre made by RashDash; and Paule Constable on storytelling with light in a range of productions, including \u003ci\u003eWar Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Graham\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York, UK and currently co-convenor of the Theatre and Performance Research Association's Scenography Working Group. She has published work about light in \u003ci\u003eTheatre and Performance Design\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Theatre Review\u003c\/i\u003e and has worked extensively as a lighting designer for theatre and dance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Performance Design at the University of Leeds, UK. His publications include chapters that focus on light, space and the technologies of performance and the monograph \u003ci\u003eLight: Readings in Theatre Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelli Zezulka\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Technical Theatre (Production and Design) at the University of Salford, UK and has previously written for theatre journals and in applied linguistics. A practising lighting designer, she is also a non-executive director of the Association for Lighting Production and Design and editor of its bi-monthly magazine,\u003ci\u003e Focus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 February 2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350195165\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53973878440076,"sku":"9781350195165","price":32.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a6f9602c-32f7-4b66-a9b0-43f0f80d1b04.jpg?v=1787713524","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350195165","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}