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​LIGHTING DESIGN

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​Bloody Shakespeare

adapted by Jay Stratton & Herman Gomez 
​Directed by Jay Stratton
​Lighting Design by Jesús López
Lighting Programmer: Merle DeWitt III
​Set Design by Olivia Fuentes & Constanza Romero
​Costume Design by Sofia Perez & Gabby Montelongo
​Blood Effects by Nichole Harrison
UTEP Studio Theater
​Fall, 2017


​An original production adapted by Jay Stratton & Herman Gomez, Bloody Shakespeare takes its audiences through Shakespeare's seven most shocking scenes as characters fight for their lives inches away from its audience. My concept for this show was "nature taking over the world".

With a "haunted-house" premise similar to Sleep No More, Bloody Shakespeare ​takes its audience through the darkest stories told by modern theatre's most loved playwright. The play's location was a small black-box studio, with two shorter scenes blocked in the lobby. ​
​​​

Aloft

Choreographed by Lisa Smith
Lighting and Projection Design by Jesús López
Costume Design by Luz Escalde
​UTEP Wise Family Theater
​Spring, 2018
 Aloft was the main stage piece reserved for the top two graduating seniors at UTEP's Dance Festival production in Spring 2018. This piece was my very first opportunity to design lighting and projections and it was also my very first proscenium
stage lighting design.

My concept for this piece was "to take flight and dancein the clouds". Throughout the progression of the piece, the clouds swayed with the wind, accelerating their ​pace with the music.

In-Utero

​Choreographed by Oliver Dominguez & Ray Alba
​Lighting Design by
Jesús López
​Associate Lighting Designer: Merle DeWitt III
​Set Properties by Susan Precket
Shundo Ballroom Dance Studio
​Spring, 2018
Only ten lighting-board controlled instruments were used to light this hour-long production, including three "fluorescent" LED's built in the shape of a triangle, in order to match the aesthetic of the photos I had recently taken to advertise the up-and-coming dance company.
​In-Utero is defined as "being in a woman's uterus, before birth", this show is inspired by similar concepts like creation and destruction. Fawnz Dance Company explores topics like politics, psychology, character, fashion & human relationships.

FAWNZ Dance Company
Publicity Material​

Photography & Lighting Design by Jesus Lopez
Graphic Design by Jesús López & Paola Carrera
​Artistic Direction by Ray Alba & Jesús López
​Costume Design by Oliver Dominguez
Photoshoot Electrician - Merle DeWitt III
2017
​
​Fawnz Dance Company is an emerging contemporary dance company in El Paso, Texas. They are known for their geometric shapes and contrasting organic movements. As an emerging dance company, they have hired me to design their image for publicity and online presence. On the right are some samples of this work.
​

Mary's Wedding

by Stephen Massicotte 
​Directed by Stephanie Carrillo
​Lighting Design by Jesús López
Costume Design by Luz Escalde
UTEP Basement Theater
​Fall, 2017

​
With incredibly poetic language, this play relies mostly on the audience's relationship with both of its characters, with this in mind the goal of my design was to keep the story flowing smoothly without any emphasis on the technical elements. In a very intimate alley formation and with limited scenery, lighting defined the various transitions from time and location, taking on the role of this production's "dream" .

RED

Directed by Jesús López
​Lighting Design by
Jesús López
​performance poetry based on the book
"I See Red" (2016) by K. Zakrevski
UTEP Basement Theater
​Spring, 2017


​Based on my book "I See Red", RED was a production that came to fruition due to my experimentation with written and spoken language as well as with visual composition on stage. The event consisted of 11 poems, in Spanish and English, performed as monologues or duets in front of a very intimate audience. Samples of the production can be found here, a sample of the book can be found here.

Rubin Center
​Charity Gala

​Lighting Design by Jesús López
​Supervised by Hideaki Tsutsui
Rubin Center Courtyard, El Paso
​
Fall, 2017


An outdoors gala organized by the Rubin Center (Art Gallery) at the University of Texas at El Paso which consisted of two bars, a photo-booth, a tattoo booth, ​a live-music stage, and an art bus. ​

​Life in the Theatre
​with Octavio Solis

Live reading of Lydia by Octavio Solis & interview
​of playwright hosted by director Kim McKean
Lighting Design: 
Jesús López
Set Design: Ross Fleming
​UTEP Studio Theater
​Spring, 2017

A two-day event open to the community consisting of a Q&A with playwright Octavio Solis, hosted by director Kim McKean, and a live reading of the play by the cast of the production. The event took place in the skeleton of what would two weeks later become the stage, a broken home full of secrets.

​Dance Capstones 2016

Resilience
Choreographed by Stephanie Rangel
UTEP Dance Studio
Fall, 2016

​Soul on Fire
Choreographed by Yaya Nunez
​UTEP Dance Studio
​Fall, 2016

​Two dance pieces choreographed by graduating students of the dance program at the University of Texas at El Paso. Resilience was a contemporary/hip-hop piece performed by 8 dancers, while Soul on Fire was a solo tap-dance piece. General lighting plot shared by five other lighting designers.​

UPCOMING STAGE LIGHTING DESIGNS

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Tonic Function

POSTPONED due to COVID-19
​​Choreographed by Krystal Matsumaya-Tsai,
Radhanath Dasa Thialan ​& Kiara Kinghorn
Lighting Design by Jesús López
Production/Stage Manager: Jessica Keasberry
Experimental Media Performance Lab, CA
​Spring, 2020

​CANCELLED due to COVID-19
​Choreographed by Connor B. Senning & Danielle Snyder
Lighting Design by Jesús López Vargas
Production/Stage Manager: Jesús López Vargas
Experimental Media Performance Lab, CA
​Spring, 2020

​Lighting Design in Experimental Photography
​(samples)

As a very active experimental photographer, I have designed lights for my own photographic project ever since 2009. The photos to the right were all taken by me and the lighting in each photo was designed and operated by me.

​Many of my these photos were lit using unconventional methods and instruments, the results were achieved through use of various reflective surfaces, angles, and "cheap" lighting sources.
*to visit my photography portfolio follow this link*

*All photography in this website was taken by Jesús ​López unless stated otherwise*
​(c)opyright Jesús ​López 2021
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