Lighting Design

COMING SOON!!!! Celebrate Dance uses dance and dialogue to tell a story about the reason for the season. Lighting Design by Art Graf. Assisted by Maxwell Graf. Photos copyright Celebrate Dance Academy

The Spring Recital is always Celebrate Dance’s highlight of the year. Art designed lighting for over 60 songs and ran the lights for 6 shows (and don’t forget the 3 days of rehearsals). It’s a busy time for all involved, but worth the preparation. A big plus for this show was that all 3 of … Read more

How many students does it take to wire a circuit board? Good question. Art was asked to teach an Electronics Circuit Lab for the Spring 2023 Semester. Some of the topics covered by the class syllabus included basic electronics, test equipment and beginning circuit design. Art enjoyed his opportunity to teach and encourage students to … Read more

Mosaics Dance Company is Celebrate Dance’s pre-professional training for the intermediate-advanced level dancer. “Letters and Legacy” was inspired by the New Testament letters to the early church. A special gobo was used that featured writing to represent Paul’s script. What is a gobo? A metal pattern that is placed on a light to create a … Read more

North Heights Lutheran Church (Arden Hills, MN) requested lighting design support for their Christmas Eve services, a special seasonal music and speaking event. Lighting Design and Hog programming by Art Graf. Photos copyright Arthur Graf and North Heights Lutheran Church

Mosaics Dance Company is Celebrate Dance’s pre-professional training for the intermediate-advanced level dancer. Each performance features inspired modern dance works that just begs to have illumination of the movements. Lighting Design and Hog programming by Art Graf. Photos copyright Arthur Graf and North Heights Lutheran Church

Celebrate Dance Academy’s 2021 annual dance recital was a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the dance school. The academy returned to the stage for their first full recital since 2019. Lighting Design by Art Graf with assistance from Ben Schultz. Artistic Direction by Sarah Pieper and the Celebrate Dance Academy instructors. Photos copyright Alexis … Read more

Celebrate Dance Academy stretched hard and launched a late winter show as post COVID events were just starting to appear on calendars. In parallel to prior years, this show was an artistically written modern dance performance presenting connections between the human condition and faith. Titled “Spectrum: Dispersion of Light”, the show touched on the array … Read more

The Mosaics Dance Company presented “Dialogue of the Heart”, continuing their annual winter modern dance performance series. This production presented a journey through the key themes seen in the biblical book of Psalms. The book of Psalms is a collection of many different writers experiences of how their God can support, protect, guide, and give … Read more

Celebrate Dance Academy presented their first Christmas season performance “Wonder” in December 2019. The show was written around the theme of child-like wonder that fills this season. The first half presented both the joy and wonder that gifts-exchanged brings to those giving and receiving. The second half carried the wonder of the biblical God gifting … Read more