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iclights  - Iain Court

Lighting Designer
Production Manager
Director
Performer

email: iclights@gmail.com

cell 262 744 9382

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“Iain Court’s lighting, where he once again proved that he can masterfully enhance a performance with subtle underpinnings of emotion and not overwhelm it” Cross Currents Pittsburgh

“Lighting by Iain Court ushered us even further down the rabbit hole.”  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

“The Space is lit to Perfection by Iain Court” Stage Raw, LA.

“A Cascading curtain of sand, poetically lighted by Iain Court, is the production’s visual piece de resistance.” LA Times
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Originally from Sydney, Australia, Iain has worked as a designer, production manager and stage manager as well as performer and director across all genres of performance and in theatres throughout Australia and touring Europe and North America. 

His principal interest is in Lighting Design and he has lit works in medieval churches, circus tents, on river banks and in haunted houses as well as many theatres.

He has a long association with Igneous Dance  Company in Australia and has worked with a lot of interesting Aussie choreographers including  Garry Stewart, Paul Mercurio, Elizabeth Dallman, Michael Waits, Ros Crisp, Graeme Watson and Helen Herbertson. 

In the USA he has worked with Luna Negra, DaZain, Lisa Giobbi Movement Theatre, Keely Garfield, Gerald Casel, Beth Corning, Milwaukee Ballet, Julianna May, Juliette Mapp,  Rebecca Stenn, Donald Byrd, Peter Sparling, Janet Lilly, Colin Connor, Michelle Dorrance and others as well as recreating lights for works by Amercian Masters including Mark Morris, Arnie Zane, Laura Dean, Garth Fagan, Alwyn Nikolais, Twyla Tharp and Martha Graham. 

He also has an interest in new media performance and has collaborated on installations and touring productions.  

He has been involved in arts education for over 20 years, teaching at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Arts, as chair of drama at Wesley Institute, developing the technicians’ training programs for the Sydney Opera House and consulting on National Standards for the Entertainment Industry in Australia. He was the production manager and lighting designer for the Department of Dance at University of Western Sydney,  at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and CALARTS 

He is currently the Director of Dance Production for University of Colorado Boulder.

He won the David Helfgot award for his contribution to Accessible Arts in Australia. 



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