Greetings friends... here is an excerpt from a paper I wrote a while back. "Light and the Performer". I would like to begin a discussion regarding the finer art of stage lighting... "Most importantly, we are, first and foremost, lighting the performer. Whatever their genre, this is something which we should consider above everything else. How do we define this “performer”? As the onlooker, how do we perceive them? Dancers perform and are telling their story as three dimensional moving shapes. Actors tell their story not only in three dimensions but verbally too. As a Practitioner of Light one must accept the fact that the performer is the focal point and therefore must be continually treated as such throughout their performance. They have to “live” and be a part of the entire picture but one must not distract from them unless… it is an integral part of the performance that they be “masked” and removed from the space for very good reasons." The floor is open for views, ideas, thoughts etc.