snapshot of video taken from: http://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/dance/camille-brown?ref=era&refcar=/era/2010--%40
This snapshot was taken from the Jacob's Pillow Interactive site which hosts hundreds of clips of performances from various artist throughout several decades. Camille Brown and her company recently preformed there in 2011 and a short video of her piece, The Evolution of a Secured Feminine, was put up for public viewing. The site has been extremely helpful as it allows me to see actual staged performances and how their lighting design affects the piece. For this performance I was rather struck by the use of color, The Evolution of a Secured Feminine is a very energetic jazzy piece and the warm red key light really adds to the mood of the piece. Judging by the shadow on the floor the light is coming from backstage and this has the effect of framing the face in shadow, this compliments the costume design as the low hat tells use we aren't meant to see Camille's face. Its a nice example of how a great performance combines all its aspects together so they work with and enhance each other.
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