I particularly enjoy the use of shadow in this dance lighting. The designer employed some sort of patterned gobo to achieve this look that, to me, seems to be a series of broken windows that cast long shadows across the stage. The cyc gradates from a light, pale blue to a deep, saturated blue-violet. The lights across the stage appear more white in color than any of the cyc lights. There also seems to be multiple smaller lights at the bottom of the cyc, potentially lighting it from behind.
This lighting blows my mind because the space created by the lighting design looks as if the performers are dancing in a void. The lights used are hard and focused with incredible precision because no light bleeds outside of the designated space. The dancers are lit well, so I think that the designer used front and side lights for the dancers. The colors chosen for the lights complement the dancers' costumes and add continuity to the overall look of the performance.
There's a very whimsical quality to the first design, created through the cool tones onstage. The blue syke lights give a sense of environment to the dance, with the white streaks of light on the floor giving it a surreal feeling. It's cohesive, but not uniform, as the dancers are as well.
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