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AMBER MEYERS
Art in Motion;
A Concert of Dance
Main Production Team
Coordinating Choreographer- Ashley Dobrogosz
Coordinating Stage Manager- Laurie Kincman
Costume Designer- Michelle Collyar
Assistant Costume Designer- Julia Maynard
Technical Director- Megan Morey
Sound Designer- Christopher Kurtz
Pursuit Of
Choreographers/Dancers-
Claudia Dorado, Alyssa Meissner, Kaitlyn Pyburn, Anna Montgomery
Stage Manager- Brodyn Byington
Lighting Designer- Amber Meyers
Music- The Secret History by the Chamber Orchestra of London
The Choreographer's Vision:
This dance composition was student choreographed by the dancers. Through their dance they hoped to convey the question of what it means to be truly happy, as well as the journey to get there. It shows everyone has a different path to happiness, and the obstacles you face while finding the light.
In this piece the dancers wanted a representation of happiness present on stage, so we used a practical lightbulb as a visual hanging center stage.
Lighting Concept:
With my lighting I wanted to be able to show their journeys to happiness with the use of the hanging light. Starting out, the LED lights were a dim stark white/blue lights that get yellower and the hanging bulb glows brighter with each dancer "gaining" happiness.
At the end of the piece we see the struggle of one of the dancers who tries but fails to get happiness, and the lights lose their color as the happy dancers leave, and she is left on stage in the dark with the happiness representation (the bulb) flickering and going out.
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Turn on the Darkness
Choreographers/Dancers-
Emily Babcock, Katie Gruber,
Josie Lukan, Kenadi Tossing
Stage Manager- Katie Krueger
Lighting Designer- Amber Meyers
Music- Experience by Ludovico Einaudi
The Choreographer's Vision:
This dance composition was student choreographed by the dancers. In this piece they wanted to represent people battling inner struggles like depression, anxiety, body dysmorphia, and grief. The blindfolds are a physical representation of the inner darkness of the character. Recovery isn't linear and you lean on those around you, and that idea was brought to the stage.
Lighting Concept:
When lighting this piece the theme that I wanted to highlight in my lights was the painful repetition that mental illness can bring. The constant fighting and failing at trying to get better, and not really knowing who you are when you aren't in that dark space were themes I wanted to showcase. With their blindfolds I wanted the lights to be a very cold white that has almost an eerie un-humanness to it, and when they removed their blindfolds the world became more yellow, showing a 'light at the end of the tunnel' of sorts. I wanted it to feel repetitive so I had a lot of repeating looks to show the cycle of falling back into old habits, and them leaning on each other while none really heal from it.
"Pursuit Of" photos by Dave Harlan, "Turn on the Darkness" photos by Joe Anderson
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