Techniques of Common Lighting Positions in Dance Works:a Case Study of Side Lighting
The design of lighting positions plays a crucial role in lighting design.A successful lighting position design demonstrates the designer's macroscopic control over the entire production from the director's perspective.Dance primarily relies on body movements to convey emotions and messages,and side lighting is the most effective way to accentuate the body on stage.Therefore,it is widely recognized as the most common and important lighting position in dance.This paper focuses on two of the most commonly used side lighting techniques,ground flowing light and boom side light,to explore their usage in dance performances.Ground flowing light is frequently used in dance works.It remains invisible to the audience when no performers or objects are moving on stage,but it sketches the side contours and shapes when performers,set pieces,or smoke move across the stage,which is an ideal modeling light for shaping the dancing body and stage scenery and presenting the visual hierarchy of dance works.Boom light,which projects light from the side,can effectively outline the contours of the performers'bodies and cast directional modeling light.Whether used as the main light source,auxiliary light,or for environmental coloring and set design,it plays an irreplaceable role in creating shapes.By examining well-known dance works,this paper focuses on the techniques of side lighting to explore how to enrich dance works by flexibly scheduling lighting positions.
stage side lightingdance lighting positionslighting position designlighting position scheduling
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