JonChristman
My Profile
- Given Name
- Jonathan
- Family Name
- Christman
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department/Program/Discipline
- Department of Theatre and Dance
- Organization
- Wake Forest University
- Country
- USA
- State/Province
- NC
- Street Address
P.O. Box 7264 Reynolda Station
- Phone Number
- 336-758-5085
- City
- Winston-Salem
- Zip/Postal Code
- 27109
- Website
- http://www.wfu.edu/theatre/department/theinfo.htm
- Short Biography
My specialties are scenic design and lighting for theatre and dance. I have taught and worked on productions at Wake Forest University for more than 25 years. I am also extremely interested in the uses of technology in higher education and have chaired the Wake ForestTechnology. Committee on Information I also design professionally and have worked on productions in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, London, and Belfast, among others. My primary teaching assignments are in design and production for theatre and dance, so the course I am describing here represents a new direction in my work.
- Long Biography
I received my B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania and my M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. After receiving my graduate degree I moved to Wake Forest University where I have worked on numerous productions, including King Lear, Angels in America, The Cherry Orchard, Wings, The Threepenny Opera, and Sonnets for an Old Century. I am a founding member of The Virtual Theatre Project.I won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for best digital imagery design for the world premiere of the play Belfast Blues at The Black Dahlia and was nominated for LA Ovation Awards for Scenic and Lighting Design for the Rubicon Theatre production of this play. I specialize in developing new works that integrate technology into performance. For example, as lighting designer for the Alban Elved Dance Company, I collaborated on projects using infrared cameras, multiple projections, laser triggered MiDi, computed fractals, and aerial dance. I also actively trade stocks and options and have taken many advanced courses in this subject. This interest directly inspired me to create the course described in this application.
History
- Member for
- 2 years 10 weeks
