The Role of Lighting in Theatre | Donald Holder | TEDxBeaconStreet

Mr. Holder discusses his work as a lighting designer in theatre, opera, and dance.
Donald Holder is an American lighting designer in theatre, opera, and dance based in New York. He has been nominated for eleven Tony Awards, winning the 1998 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for The Lion King.
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This will soon be my career, folks!

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instablaster.

[@wintersong94]

I wish I could have met you last week (Maine, the sudden wind storm). and thank you for this talk. It really means a lot.

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Who laid that cable?? I want to walk up and fix it.

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Way too broad. I’m 10 minutes in and all I’ve learned in regards to theater lighting is a slow enough fade can go unnoticed by the audience. But even that he had to tell the audience to watch, which was agonizing, and the whole point is they shouldn’t even notice it.

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Lighting Designer who can’t stay in his light. Ironic