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

Opera

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]

In light of the time Project

In 2020, Baker conceived and co-curated a light-and-sound installation at the Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, New York on a farm that belonged to Eleanor Roosevelt’s grandparents. In light : of the time considers the realities of police violence and the impact of COVID-19 especially on minorities, with a series of images projected onto the interior surfaces of a barn designed by famous architect Stanford White. The installation premiered August 1st, 2020, featuring the work of Jamar Roberts, Hope Boykin, Carl Hancock Rux and Alan C. Edwards. [31][32]

Awards

2019 Knight of Illumination Award for Dance KOI-USA [33]

2016 Lotos Foundation Prize [34]

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References
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/arts/dance/guggenheim-brandon-stirling-baker-justin-peck.html
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Barbour, David. "Inside the Kaleidoscope", Lighting & Sound America' P.22, New York, 1 July 2014.
  4. "Inside the Hemsley Lighting Internship", Lighting & Sound America' P.24, New York, 10 July 2011.
  5. http://theater.calarts.edu/alumni
  6. Barbour, David. "Inside the Hemsley Lighting Internship", Lighting & Sound America' P.24, New York, 10 July 2011.
  7. https://www.knightofilluminationawards.com/winners-of-the-second-knight-of-illumination-awards-usa-revealed-at-glamorous-ceremony/
  8. http://www.nycballet.com/ballets/y/year-of-the-rabbit.aspx
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. http://www.artistikrezo.com/2013060612807/actualites/Theatre/la-dance-project-theatre-du-chatelet.html
  11. http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Copland-Peck.aspx
  12. http://www.miamicityballet.org/portfolio/world-premiere-justin-peck
  13. http://www.ptdcinfo.org/2015m/files/basic-html/page12.html
  14. http://www.nycballet.com/ballets/y/year-of-the-rabbit.aspx
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2015-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Dessner-Peck.aspx
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. http://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/de/ensemble/brandon-stirling-baker/272
  19. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/dan-deacon-collaborating-new-york-city-ballet
  20. https://www.nycballet.com/ballets/n/new-peck-2.aspx
  21. https://www.alvinailey.org/performances/repertory/members-dont-get-weary
  22. https://www.nycballet.com/season-tickets/18-19-season/spring/may-4-2019-eve-classic-nycb-1/new-peck-2-(spring).aspx
  23. https://www.alvinailey.org/performances/repertory/ode
  24. https://www.abt.org/events/new-american-romance/
  25. https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/on-stage-2018-2019/glass-handel/
  26. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/arts/dance/new-center-at-nyu-focuses-on-dance-and-the-arts.html
  27. https://balletcenter.nyu.edu/fellows/cba-fellow-brandon-stirling-baker/
  28. https://balletcenter.nyu.edu/fellows/cba-fellow-brandon-stirling-baker/
  29. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/arts/dance/guggenheim-brandon-stirling-baker-justin-peck.html
  30. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/arts/dance/guggenheim-brandon-stirling-baker-justin-peck.html
  31. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/arts/dance/kaatsbaan-dance-festival-stella-abrera.html
  32. https://www.livedesignonline.com/installations/light-time-q-a-brandon-stirling-baker?fbclid=IwAR1qJaSs2XIr3tOg_6y763BsTcJ7ncegzz49-CXghNDvf4NEHDzQaJOlkxQ
  33. https://livedesignonline.com/ldi/winners-2019-koi-usa-awards
  34. http://www.lotosclub.org/Default.aspx?p=dynamicmodule&pageid=401535&ssid=328103&vnf=1
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