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CHRISTOPHER DENNIS
LIGHTING DESIGN
Christopher Dennis served as the Resident Lighting Designer and Lighting Coordinator at The
National Ballet of Canada for 14 seasons, before joining the San Francisco Ballet as Technical
Director in 2010. He created memorable and evocative lighting designs for many of the The
National B allet o f C anada’s p roductions, i ncluding A zure B arton’s Watch Her, J ames
Kudelka’s Cinderella, Matjash Mrozewski’s A Delicate Battle, and Jean-Pierre Perreault’s The
Comforts of Solitude. His work for SF Ballet includes Yuri Possokhov’s RAkU and Francesca
da Rimini, as well as Helgi Tomasson’s Trio.
Dennis’ lighting designs are in the repertoires of ballet companies around the world, including
American Ballet Theatre, B oston B allet, W est A ustralia B allet, C oleman and L emieux &
Compagnie, ProArte Danza, and Moonhorse Dance Theatre.
In addition to his work i n d ance, D ennis h as d esigned l ighting f or t he S haw and S tratford
Festivals a s w ell a s o ther re gional o pera, th eatre and film p roductions th roughout C anada.
Christopher served as Lighting Director for the White Oak Dance Project and was Assistant
Resident Lighting Designer for the Metropolitan Opera.
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