MOVING THE PERFORMANCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY DANCE STUDIO TO THE CUSTOMS HOUSE

Moving the performance out the Dance studio to the Customs house will  bring changes to the rehearsed performance in a few different ways, e.g.;  the layout of the stage and the lighting rig is a completely different setting from what the dancers are used to, firstly the stage at the Customs house is a different shape and size and has a  platform stage, which is a raised rectangular shape at one end of the room, the raised platform offers a separation between the performers and the audience, in comparison to the Dance studio which is at ground level  and square in shape, the difference performing on a raised stage compared to a the ground level studio floor may be that the dance movements are restricted in the way that the dancers will have to position their movements back from the ledge where the stage ends  so therefore the dancers  are losing a portion of the performance space. Another difference when moving from the studio to the Customs house is the lighting set, in the studio the lighting rig is completely different to the lighting rig at the customs house, in the studio we have spotlights also called Follow-spots  a lighting instrument controlled by an operator which provides an emphasis on the performers as they move about the stage, these lights can also be programed to change colour in the studio we do have  three rows of Follow-spots, however the lighting rig at the Customs house has four rows so that will change the lighting effect that will be used for the final performance , also at the Customs house there will be additional lighting sources such as Profile- spots at the back of the hall , the profile spot light allows an even beam of 'hard edged' light with precision focus they could be beneficial to our dance performance but we won’t know until we try these out  , another lighting source which we don’t have in the dance studio but will have at the Customs house will be  led Floor-cans which are used for up lighting  a vertical structure from the bottom to the top which can create a great lighting effect to use within performances,  because of the changes in the lighting sets the whole lighting effects within the performance at the Customs House , will be different  from the studio lighting the dancers have used to rehearse their dance , however this may work to the advantage that even though it’s a different lighting rig , the designed lighting may still support the piece or it may be  that , the lighting in the customs house doesn’t support the piece and the lighting design might have to be altered to fit the piece, so to try the new lighting options out there will be dress rehearsals before the final performance where any lighting that needs to be adjusted in accordance with the prepared lighting sheet we will have time to do so.