This is an interpretive dance performance starring Jade Chynoweth and Janelle Ginestra to the song "Without Me" by Halsey (the title of the Youtube video gives the incorrect name of the song). One large center screen and two smaller screens to either side of it serve as the backdrop for the two dancers. The screens show glitching, abstract images of clouds. Surrounding the screens are brightly flashing LED lights. The color palette is limited to light blues, purples, and pinks throughout the performance. Limited color palettes seem to be a popular choice in dance lighting design. The flashing lights create the feeling of a lightning storm, and greatly add to the emotional intensity of the dance. The lighting complements the the performance in other ways - colors change, the lights cut out, increase in intensity, and flash at significant moments in the song. There is some sort've soft light focused on the dancers from the front, so that their actions are visible, but the intense back lighting accentuates their figures. And, backlighting is always dramatic.
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