Forward Facing

Power Center for the Performing Arts

Choreographed and Directed by Shannon Gillen
U-M University Productions | Ann Arbor, MI
U of Michigan Department of Dance | Winter 2022 Show
Photography | Kirk Donaldson
Lighting Design | Abi Farnsworth

Size of Darkness
Featuring Gillen’s VIM VIGOR professional dance company, the piece focused on the feeling of isolation during COVID.
I reflected this in my lighting by keeping the floor as dark as possible, suspending the dancers in an unnatural environment.

All of the Light
Featuring the University of Michigan School of Dance BFA students, I grounded the dancers by showing shadows on the floor alongside, while still lighting the floor.