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Brandon Stirling Baker

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Illinoise (Broadway)

2024 TONY NOMINATION FOR BEST LIGHTING

Illinoise on Broadway

St. James Theater, New York

Directed by Justin Peck

Set by Adam Rigg

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photos by Matthew Murphy

Costumes by Reid Bartleme and Harriet Jung

Diary of a Tap Dancer

American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA

Directed by Torya Beard

Written by Ayodele Casel

Scenic Design by Tatiana Kahvegian

Projections by Kate Freer

Costumes by Camilla Dely

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photo credit: Nile Scott Studios and Maggie Hall

Mystic Familiar

New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center

Choreography by Justin Peck

Set Design by Eamon Ore-Giron

Costumes by Humberto Leon

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photos by Erin Baiano

Illinoise (Park Avenue Armory)

Directed by Justin Peck

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Scenic Design by Adam Rigg

Park Ave Armory, NYC 2024

Partita

Choreography by Justin Peck

Scenic Design by Eva LeWitt

Costume Design by Reid Bartleme & Harriet Jung

New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center

Photos by Erin Baiano

Ode

Choreography by Jamar Roberts

Scenic Design by Libby Stadstad

Lighting Design by Brandon Stirling Baker

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

New York City Center

Photo Credit: Paul Kolnik & Julieta Cervantes

Everywhere We Go

New York City Ballet

Choreography by Justin Peck

Scenic Design by Karl Jensen

Costume Design by Janie Taylor

Music by Sufjan Stevens

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photos by Paul Kolnik

Heatscape

Miami City Ballet, New York City Ballet, Semperoper Dresden, Compania National Spain, Finnish National Ballet, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna.

Choreography by Justin Peck

Scenic Design by Shepard Fairey

Costume Design by Reid Bartleme & Harriet Jung

Lighting Design by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photos by Erin Baiano

Easy

New York City Ballet • Lincoln Center, NYC

Choreography by Justin Peck

Scenery by Stephen Powers

Costumes by Reid & Harriet

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photo Credit: Erin Baiano & Paul Kolnik

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

Directed by Zoe Aja Moore

Scenery by Giao Chao Ly

Costumes by Susanna Battin

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Copland Dance Episodes

New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center (2023)

Choreography by Justin Peck

Scenic Design by Jeffrey Gibson

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Costumes by Ellen Warren

New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center

Photos by Erin Baiano

Devils/Eye

Boston Ballet | Boston Opera House

Choreography by Stephen Galloway

Lighting & Scenic Design by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photo Credit: Liza Voil

Law of Mosaics

New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center

Choreography by Pam Tanowitz

Costumes by Reid Bartleme & Harriet Jung

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Black Wave

Choreography by Jessica Lang

Set Design by Libby Stadstad

Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle

Forseeable Future

New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center

Choreography by Jamar Roberts

Music by Arca

Costumes by Iris Van Herpen

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photos by Erin Baiano & Rachel Papo

Holding Space

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Choreography by Jamar Roberts

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photos by Christopher Duggan & Paul Kolnik

Under the Folding Sky

Houston Ballet, TX

Choreography by Justin Peck

Scenic Design by Karl Jensen

Costume by Reid and Harriet

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Dear Everything x Terminal 5

Directed by Diane Paulus

Book by V (Formerly Eve Ensler)

Music by Justin Tranter

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Concert Staging at Terminal 5, Manhattan, NY

Photo Credit: Jenny Anderson

Shantell Martin x Boston Ballet

Shantell Martin “Kites”

Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House

Scenic Design by Shantell Martin

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Coincident Dances

COINCIDENT DANCES

Choreography by Pam Tanowitz

Music by Jessie Montgomery

Costumes by Reid and Harriet

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

After

“AFTER”

Choreography by Lia Cirio

Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House

Photos by Rosalie O’Connor

William Forsythe: The Barre Project

Choreography by William Forsythe

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Blake Works II : Barre Project x Tiler Peck

Blake Works III: Boston Ballet

Blake Works IV: Dance Theater of Harlem

Guggenheim Rotunda Projects

Site Specific Concerts for the Guggenheim Works & Process.

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Performances by Ben Folds, Caleb Teicher, Caroline Shaw.

Photo Credit: Robert Altman

LA LOM x Hollywood Bowl

LA LOM Live in Concert

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

Photo by Zane Rubin

Choreography of Light

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Commissioned by Works & Process | Center for Ballet & the Arts at NYU

Curated by Brandon Stirling Baker

Featuring Choreography by Justin Peck & Jamar Roberts

Performed by Taylor Stanley, Patricia Delgado and Sarah Daley

Daphnis et Chloe (Berlin)

Staatsballett Berlin, Germany

Choreography by Benjamin Millepied

Scenery by Daniel Buren

Costume Design by Holly Hynes

Lighting Design by Brandon Stirling Baker

Paris Opera Ballet

"Word for Word"

Choreography by Mykal Stromile

Music by James Begin

Costumes by CHANEL

Paris Opera House (Garnier), Paris, France

Paris Opera Ballet

Al-Andalus Blues

Choreography by Jamar Roberts

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Scenic Design by Libby Stadstad

New York City Center

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Photo by Paul Kolnik

Emanon in Two Movements

New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center

Choreography by Jamar Roberts

Music by Wayne Shorter

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photo by Erin Baiano

The Times Are Racing

New York City Ballet

Choreography by Justin Peck

Costumes by Humberto Leon

Lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker

Photos by Paul Kolnik

Illinoise (Broadway)

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Diary of a Tap Dancer

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Mystic Familiar

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Illinoise (Park Avenue Armory)

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Partita

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Ode

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Everywhere We Go

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Heatscape

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Easy

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The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

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Copland Dance Episodes

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Devils/Eye

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Law of Mosaics

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Black Wave

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Forseeable Future

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Holding Space

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Under the Folding Sky

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Dear Everything x Terminal 5

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Shantell Martin x Boston Ballet

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Coincident Dances

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After

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William Forsythe: The Barre Project

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Guggenheim Rotunda Projects

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LA LOM x Hollywood Bowl

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Choreography of Light

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Daphnis et Chloe (Berlin)

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Paris Opera Ballet

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Al-Andalus Blues

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Emanon in Two Movements

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The Times Are Racing

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