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Finding Dopamine
Project Type
Dance Lighting Design
Location
UNC Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
Date
March 2023
Role
Lighting Designer
Finding Dopamine was a part of the 2023 Under Construction student-choreographer dance concert.
This piece is an exploration of neurodiversity and mental health, with a focus on topics like ADHD, depression, and suicide. This dance is very thematic with the various songs it uses, and I wanted the lighting to reflect that. For example, one song discusses the singer considering drowning themselves, so I wanted it to feel like the dancers were underwater. Another part of the song discusses wanting to jump out of a window, so a dancer wrestles with the urge, and a second dancer comes in to save them. The last section of this piece discusses self-love, and the choreographer loved the idea of a rainbow cyc/stage wash to highlight this theme.
Choreography: Laura Isabel Velez
Lighting Design: Dallas J. Cook
Performers: Ava Drexel, Calista Loftis, Megan Roselli
Photos: Miguel Sanchez-Nunez
