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The Association of Lighting Designers is a professional body representing lighting designers working in the live performance industry in the United Kingdom and many other parts of the world.
Its aims are to further the art of lighting design and to raise the professional status of the Lighting Designer as a member of the creative team.
The majority of its members work in Theatre (including Opera and Dance), but there are many others working in Television, Architecture, Rock and Roll Concerts, Education and Corporate Presentation.
The ALD is the mouthpiece of the performance lighting industry and a resource for information on the wide range of lighting design topics that affect designers in the lighting profession.
ALD 50th Anniversary Medal for Outstanding Achievements in Lighting Design
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ALD 50th Anniversary Medal for Outstanding Achievements in Lighting Design
As part of their 50th Anniversary celebrations, The Association of Lighting Designers is proud to announce a new international award which honours practitioners who have made a sustained and significant contribution to the art and esteem of theatre and live performance lighting design.
The recipient of the Anniversary Medal for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design for Live Performance is Jennifer Tipton, who has been at the top of her profession for a number of years and engenders a philosophy and practice which has inspired generations of theatre makers, especially in the world of contemporary dance.
Tipton’s distinguished career includes many Tony Awards for winning Broadway designs, as well as long term creative relationships with American Ballet Theatre, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and choreographers: Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dana Rice and Shen Wei.
As Adjunct Professor of Design at the Yale School of Drama since 1981, Jennifer has trained many of the top lighting designers working around the world today, and continues to inspire respect and admiration amongst the emerging generation of theatre makers.
As part of the 50th anniversary the ALD will be holding a series of events in the highly esteemed Embassy Theatre located within Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London.
Events during the conference include a Master Class for students on Friday 13th January 2012, while on Saturday 14th January, there will be an open master class in lighting for dance – aimed at lighting and dance practitioners, as well as the presentation of the Medal to Jennifer Tipton, which will also accommodate a panel discussion on “Light for Dance,” featuring top lighting and dance practitioners in conversation with Jennifer.
More details on the timetable for both sessions and to book tickets for the events can be found here.
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