Lighting Design by Leigh Henderson

San José City College Dance (San José, CA), May 2016

The San José City College Dance program covers a spectrum of dance styles and serves students with a broad spectrum of dance experience and goals. The annual spring dance concert, choreographed by the San José City College dance faculty, provides students with performance experience in the context of their development process as athletes and artists.

The goal of the lighting design is to celebrate and support these dancers' development. The lighting elevates the visual impact of the performance and gives the dancers a sample of a professional rehearsal and performance environment, within the strict constraints of the dance program timeline, which allows only for minimal investments of time (around 20 minutes to write light cues for each dance number) and money (approximately $0).