Workshops and Classes

Light Design Workshop at Metro

From Oct 3 to Oct 26, 2014
4:00pm -> 7:00pm
Metro Al Madina

Metro al Madina presents a Light Design workshop with Alaa Minawi.

The workshop aims to have a better knowledge in lighting design for theatre and other live performances, its importance in the creation process, and some clues in how the lighting design is approached conceptually and practically. By the end of the workshop the participants should be able to apply a light design concept in some of Metro al Madina’s events.

About Alaa Minawi
Visual artist since 2006, alaa has worked in more than 200 performances in Lebanon and the Arab world as a lighting designer, technical director, and performer. He collaborated with many renowned artists as Robert Wilson, Jawad Al Assadi, Andrey Barteniv, Rafic Ali Ahmad, Hiba Qawwass, Rima Khcheich, Kamilya Jubran, Tania Saleh, Nagy Souraty, Lina Abyad, Adonis and others.
He participated in several local and international theatre workshops and joined many festivals in Kuwait, UAE , Bahrain, Qatar, and USA.

Target Applicants
The Applicants are preferred to have an experience, or at least interest, in theatre or any other kind of live performances. It also targets graphic designers/ architects/ animator who are interested in perceiving light in real life to help them simulate in in their virtual designs.

To make a reservation, please send an email to
info@metromadina.com

Workshop Duration
October:
Friday 3rd (4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) – Saturday 4th (4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
Friday 10th (4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) – Saturday 11th (4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
Friday 17th (4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) – Saturday 18th (4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday 25th (12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.) – Sunday 26th (12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)

In addition to 10 hours where the participants will apply light designs in live events at Metro.

The Workshop will be in two forms; theoretical and practical.

The Theoretical form
The history of lighting design in theatre, how it started and evolved. Explaining the kinds of light projectors and the difference between them. Talking about the ways a director would think in dealing with lights, the interaction between the director and the lighting designer in the creation process, Getting texts, music, paintings and thinking of them in terms of lights.

The Practical form
Demonstrating the light projectors
Each applicant or group of applicants will have time to do a small lighting design project.

Cost
$250 for the whole workshop
$150 for students.

Sound engineer: Jawad Chaaban
Stage Manager: Lara Nassar
Technician: Somar Rached

For more information
76.309.363