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How ‘Illinoise’ Lighting Designer Created a ‘Visual Vocabulary’ Using Sufjan Stevens’ Album on Broadway
'Illinoise' Lighting Designer Brandon Stirling Baker on How He Created a 'Visual Vocabulary That Only Exists For Light' Using Sufjan Stevens' Album.
It was in 2010 at the New York City Ballet when Brandon Stirling Baker, the lighting designer of Broadway’s “ Illinoise ” met Justin Peck, the director and choreographer. This is because in Stevens’ song “Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois” there are lyrics that say: “In the spirit of three stars” which represent the show’s three main characters: Carl, Shelby and Douglas. Rigg believes that it’s because of Baker and Peck’s close collaboration and their experience in dance and light that made”Illinoise” resonate with audiences and understand it even though it’s told without words.
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