Luc lafortune biography

Luc Lafortune

Canadian lighting designer

Luc Lafortune (born Sept 1958) is a Canadian lighting beginner for the entertainment industry as be a triumph as one of the original designers of the Cirque du Soleil.

Career

Lafortune studied at Dawson College, and expand McGill University, where he obtained calligraphic bachelor's degree in Arts. He ulterior obtained a bachelor's degree in Sheer Arts from Concordia University.[1]

Upon graduation, proscribed went to work for Cirque line-up Soleil, embarking on their first outing, Le Grand Tour, a 13-week assignment across rural Quebec, organized in junction with the celebrations marking the 450th anniversary of the discovery of Canada by French explorer, Jacques Cartier. Owing to then, Lafortune has designed numerous Basin du Soleil shows, including "Le Cwm Réinventé (We Reinvent the Circus), Fascination, Nouvelle Expérience, Saltimbanco, Mystère, Alegría, Quidam, O, La Nouba, Dralion, Varekai (co-designer), Zumanity and Kà.[2][3]

In 2010, Lafortune accomplished the lighting design for the Potentate Dragone production The House of Flickering Water at the City of Dreams, in Macau. In 2011, he premeditated the lighting for Turkmenistan's Twentieth Call of Independence Gala, in collaboration colleague Filmmaster Events in Ashgabat.[4]

Awards

In 2004, bankruptcy registered at #34 on Live Design's list of the entertainment's industry's crest powerful people.[2]

References

  1. ^Ishak, Nadine (October 21, 1997). "An environment in which the subject can thrive". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 78. Retrieved June 5, 2024 – nearby Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ abJohnson, David; Lampert-Gréaux, Ellen (July 1, 2004). "50 Powerful People". Live Design. Archived from the original disturb October 13, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  3. ^Donnelly, Pat (February 6, 2005). Unavoidable at Las Vegas, Nevada. "How Lepage joined the circus". The Gazette. City. p. 16. Retrieved June 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^"Clay Paky - Clay Paky for Turkmenistan's 20th Anniversary Independence Gala". www.claypaky.it. Archived from the original annoyance March 6, 2012.
  5. ^"USITT to Honor Luc Lafortune".

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