Brandon Stirling Baker
Brandon Stirling Baker is an American lighting designer for ballet, opera and theatre. His lighting has been commissioned by New York City Ballet,[1] Miami City Ballet,[2] Ailey II,[3] Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance and the Limón Dance Company[4] Mr.Baker's lighting has been presented by major theatre's internationally including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Center, New York City Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Le Silo Marseille, Maison de la Danse Lyon, Sadlers Wells London, Havana Ballet Festival Cuba and the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain.[5] Baker is a founding artist of Satellite Collective.[6]
Mr.Baker is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts[7] and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, Scotland[8]
Works (selected)
- Ballet
- Justin Peck's Year of the Rabbit, New York City Ballet (2012) [9]
- Justin Peck's Everywhere We Go, New York City Ballet (2014) [10]
- Justin Peck's Murder Ballads, Théâtre du Châtelet (2014) [11]
- Justin Peck's Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, New York City Ballet (2015) [12]
- Justin Peck's Heatscape, Miami City Ballet (2015) [13]
- Doris Humphrey's Passacaglia & Fuge, Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance (2015 Revival) [14]
References
- ↑ http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Stevens-Peck.aspx
- ↑ Barbour, David. "Inside the Kaleidoscope", Lighting & Sound America' P.22, New York, 1 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.alvinailey.org/breakthrough
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/arts/dance/limon-dance-company-at-the-joyce.html?_r=0
- ↑ "Inside the Hemsley Lighting Internship", Lighting & Sound America' P.24, New York, 10 July 2011.
- ↑ "Founding Artists". Satellite Collective. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ↑ http://theater.calarts.edu/alumni
- ↑ Barbour, David. "Inside the Hemsley Lighting Internship", Lighting & Sound America' P.24, New York, 10 July 2011.
- ↑ http://www.nycballet.com/ballets/y/year-of-the-rabbit.aspx
- ↑ http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Stevens-Peck.aspx
- ↑ http://www.artistikrezo.com/2013060612807/actualites/Theatre/la-dance-project-theatre-du-chatelet.html
- ↑ http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Copland-Peck.aspx
- ↑ http://www.miamicityballet.org/portfolio/world-premiere-justin-peck
- ↑ http://www.ptdcinfo.org/2015m/files/basic-html/page12.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-opens-season-with-gala.html?_r=0
- http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/arts/dance/city-ballet-performs-justin-pecks-year-of-the-rabbit.html?_r=0
- http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/arts/dance/a-former-ballet-hater-teams-up-again-with-a-choreographer.html
External links
- http://www.stirlingbaker.com
- http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=494202
- http://blog.calarts.edu/2013/10/01/brandon-stirling-baker-lights-a-new-ballet/
- http://blog.calarts.edu/2012/09/27/baker-lights-new-york-city-ballets-year-of-the-rabbit/