CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QC Life) - What happens when dance, design and technology share the stage? Svetlitsa brings them together through performances filled with movement, music and light.
Eugene Svetlitsa, an engineer, programmer, inventor and co-founder of the family-owned light performance theatre joins QC Life to talk about the performances. Eugene and his wife, Yasmina Svetlitsa, started the project in 2012 and continue to run it as a family venture.
Svetlitsa’s performances combine contemporary choreography, artistic lighting and custom-designed costumes with dazzling LED displays. Each high-tech costume can be individually programmed and controlled wirelessly in real time, with light and music synchronized to enhance the movement on stage.
Yasmina, an architect, designer, choreographer and director, brings more than 15 years of professional staging and choreography experience to the work. Eugene studied automation and electronics, while Yasmina studied architecture—backgrounds that come together in their approach to theatre.
The family creates most of what goes into its productions, outsourcing only a small portion of the work. It’s a hands-on approach that helps bring Svetlitsa’s distinctive blend of art and technology to life.
To learn more visit svetlitsa.org and follow @svetlitsa_official.
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