Within Her Eyes: Lighting

Within Her Eyes: Lighting

  • Natural lighting used throughout due to the site-specific nature of the performance.
  • Shots are often backlit, making the outline of the dancers clear but their faces shadowed. This helps in creating a sense of anonymity or universality.
  • Lighting often looks dusk-like or dawn-like, indicating transitional times and suggesting the transitional, changing nature of the relationship.
  • There are no artificial stage lights used, emphasizing the authenticity and rawness of the emotions being presented.
  • The contrast of light and shadow has been used to highlight the physicality of movements and create visual aesthetics.
  • The diffusion of light through smoke or fog in certain scenes adds to the ethereal and dream-like quality of the piece.
  • Use of light is critical to defining the temperament and mood of each scene in the dance.

Remember to consider not only where the light is coming from, but also the effects it has on the dancers, the space, and the overall feeling of the piece.