Brandon Stirling Baker is an American lighting designer working internationally in ballet, opera and theatre.[1] Baker received a 2024 Tony Award nomination for Best Lighting Design in a Musical for his design of Illinoise on Broadway.[2]
His lighting can be seen on Broadway and in the repertories of New York City Ballet,[3] American Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet,[4] San Francisco Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Berlin Staatsballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, Semperoper Ballet Dresden, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Compañía Nacional de Danza, Cincinnati Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Nashville Ballet, BalletMet, and Opera Philadelphia.[5] Baker has designed over 30 premieres worldwide for choreographer Justin Peck, and works frequently with choreographers Jamar Roberts and William Forsythe.[6][7] He received a 2019 Knight of Illumination award for his work on Justin Peck's Reflections at the Houston Ballet.[8]
Baker studied at the California Institute of the Arts,[9] Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, Scotland, and the Yale School of Drama as a Special Research Fellow.[10]
References
edit- ^ Seibert, Brian (9 January 2019). "A Master of Dance Lighting Steps Out of the Shadows". The New York Times.
- ^ https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/
- ^ "NYCB - Everywhere We Go (New Stevens/Peck)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- ^ Barbour, David. "Inside the Kaleidoscope", Lighting & Sound America P.22, New York, 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Inside the Hemsley Lighting Internship", Lighting & Sound America P.24, New York, 10 July 2011.
- ^ Seibert, Brian (9 January 2019). "A Master of Dance Lighting Steps Out of the Shadows". The New York Times.
- ^ Barone, Joshua; Sommerfeld, Mark (2023-01-24). "Justin Peck's New Americana, Set to Copland's Old". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ "Winners of the second Knight of Illumination Awards USA revealed at glamorous ceremony". 23 November 2019.
- ^ "CalArts".
- ^ Barbour, David. "Inside the Hemsley Lighting Internship", Lighting & Sound America P.24, New York, 10 July 2011.
- 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
edit- 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/
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