Brandon Stirling Baker
Brandon Stirling Baker (b.1987) is an American lighting designer working internationally in ballet, opera and theatre.[1]
His lighting can be seen in the repertories of New York City Ballet,[2], American Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet,[3] San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Berlin Staatsballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, Semperoper Ballet Dresden, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cincinnati Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and Opera Philadelphia.[4]
Mr. Baker is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts[5] and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, Scotland[6]
In 2019, Baker received the prestigious Knight of Illumination Award (KOI-USA) for his lighting of Justin Peck's Reflections.[7]
Works (selected)
- Ballet
- Justin Peck Year of the Rabbit New York City Ballet (2012) [8]
- Justin Peck Everywhere We Go New York City Ballet (2014) [9]
- Justin Peck Murder Ballads Théâtre du Châtelet (2014) [10]
- Justin Peck Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes New York City Ballet (2015) [11]
- Justin Peck Heatscape Miami City Ballet (2015) [12]
- Doris Humphrey Passacaglia & Fuge Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance (2015 Revival) [13]
- Justin Peck Chutes and Ladders Pennsylvania Ballet (2016)
- Justin Peck Year of the Rabbit Dutch National Ballet (2016) [14]
- Justin Peck Year of the Rabbit Pacific Northwest Ballet (2016) [15]
- Justin Peck The Most Incredible Thing New York City Ballet (2016)[16]
- Justin Peck In The Countenance of Kings San Francisco Ballet (2016)[17]
- Benjamin Millepied Daphnis et Chloe Staatsballet Berlin (2017) [18]
- Ernst Meisner In Transit Dutch National Ballet (2017)
- Justin Peck The Times Are Racing New York City Ballet (2017) [19]
- Ernst Meisner Impermanence Dutch National Ballet (2018)
- Justin Peck Easy New York City Ballet (2018) [20]
- Jamar Roberts Members Dont Get Weary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater(2018) [21]
- Justin Peck Bright New York City Ballet (2019) [22]
- Justin Peck Reflections Houston Ballet (2019)
- Justin Peck Year of the Rabbit Hong Kong Ballet (2019)
- Savion Glover Savion Glover's Blak Tap Cafe (2019)
- Jamar Roberts Ode Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (2019)[23]
- James Whiteside New American Romance American Ballet Theatre (2019)[24]
Opera
- Anthony Roth Costanzo Glass Handel Opera Philadelphia [25] (2018)
The Choreography of Light Project
In 2018 Baker developed a new ballet inspired by light at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU[26], a research facility in New York City dedicated to the research and development of artists working in dance. [27] The ballet featured new choreography by Jamar Roberts of Alvin Ailey and was performed by Patricia Delgado formerly of the Miami City Ballet. [28]
In 2019 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Works & Process series commissioned Baker with a special program “The Choreography of Light” dedicated to his work as a lighting designer for ballet.[29] The New York Times featured Brandon Stirling Baker's work as a special profile in the January 2019 Arts and Leisure section. [30]
References
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/arts/dance/guggenheim-brandon-stirling-baker-justin-peck.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- 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.
- http://theater.calarts.edu/alumni
- Barbour, David. "Inside the Hemsley Lighting Internship", Lighting & Sound America' P.24, New York, 10 July 2011.
- https://www.knightofilluminationawards.com/winners-of-the-second-knight-of-illumination-awards-usa-revealed-at-glamorous-ceremony/
- http://www.nycballet.com/ballets/y/year-of-the-rabbit.aspx
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.artistikrezo.com/2013060612807/actualites/Theatre/la-dance-project-theatre-du-chatelet.html
- http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Copland-Peck.aspx
- http://www.miamicityballet.org/portfolio/world-premiere-justin-peck
- http://www.ptdcinfo.org/2015m/files/basic-html/page12.html
- http://www.nycballet.com/ballets/y/year-of-the-rabbit.aspx
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2015-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Dessner-Peck.aspx
- https://www.sfballet.org/tickets/production/overview/program-7-2016
- http://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/de/ensemble/brandon-stirling-baker/272
- http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/dan-deacon-collaborating-new-york-city-ballet
- https://www.nycballet.com/ballets/n/new-peck-2.aspx
- https://www.alvinailey.org/performances/repertory/members-dont-get-weary
- https://www.nycballet.com/season-tickets/18-19-season/spring/may-4-2019-eve-classic-nycb-1/new-peck-2-(spring).aspx
- https://www.alvinailey.org/performances/repertory/ode
- https://www.abt.org/events/new-american-romance/
- https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/on-stage-2018-2019/glass-handel/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/arts/dance/new-center-at-nyu-focuses-on-dance-and-the-arts.html
- https://balletcenter.nyu.edu/fellows/cba-fellow-brandon-stirling-baker/
- https://balletcenter.nyu.edu/fellows/cba-fellow-brandon-stirling-baker/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/arts/dance/guggenheim-brandon-stirling-baker-justin-peck.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/arts/dance/guggenheim-brandon-stirling-baker-justin-peck.html
- https://livedesignonline.com/ldi/winners-2019-koi-usa-awards
- http://www.lotosclub.org/Default.aspx?p=dynamicmodule&pageid=401535&ssid=328103&vnf=1
- 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