Monique L'Heureux Lighting Designer

Monique is a Lighting Designer specializing in dance as well as unique theatre pieces and special events. Her designs are striking and imaginative and spring directly from the heart of her collaborator's vision, and from the approach and rendering of the performing artists. Her style is clean, crisp, bold, colorful, and dynamic. Her efficiency, speed, and over twenty years of experience make the in-theatre event easier on the performers, while her passion and artistry delights audiences.

Credits

MemberId	Show Title	Job Title	Studio	Directors	Producers	Notes	Awards
11974'	National Choreographers Festival	Lighting Designer		Molly Lynch	Irvine Barclay Theatre	Resident Designer since inception in 2004. Choreographers have included Ma Cong, Val Caniparoli, Luca Veggetti, Sidra Bell, Amy Seiwert, Melissa Barak, James Sewell, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Ann Marie DeAngelo, Edwaard Liang, Viktor Kabanaiev, Charles Moulton, among others.
11982'	French Twist	Lighting Designer		Ma Cong	Smuin Ballet	Workshopped new piece with Ma Cong at NCI. Piece completed in 2010 with Smuin Ballet, revived in 2015, and streamed during the pandemic.
11972'	Barak Ballet	Lighting Designer		Melissa Barak		Resident designer 2014-2017. Choreographers include Darrell Moultrie, Frank Chaves, Nicolas Blanc, Melissa Barak at venues including Wallis Annenburg PAC, Broad Stage, ARC, Moss. Designed company logo.
11975'	Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet	Lighting Supervisor		Raiford Rogers		Resident Designer 2005-2013. "Her duet with Briscoe, bathed in Monique L'Heureux's sumptuous lighting, assumed heroic proportions..." Los Angeles Times, Victoria Looseleaf	2010 Lester Horton Dance Award, "Hammerklavier"
407'	Fall for Dance	Lighting Designer			Segerstrom Hall	Charles Moulton's Ball Passing piece and backhausdance's eXit.
401'	Motion Picture and Television Fund Event	Lighting Designer		Bill Condon	Motion Picture and Television Fund	Performers included Chita Rivera, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hugh Jackman, Shirley MacLaine, Dick van Dyke, Jennifer Hudson, Kristin Chenoweth, Vanessa Williams, and others.
402'	Hollywood Bowl Summer Season	Lighting Designer		John Mauceri, conductor	Hollywood Bowl	Performers included Marcel Marceau, Diana Krall, Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Williams, Ann Miller, Peter, Paul and Mary, Pink Martini, the musicals Carousel and Showboat.
11981'	Sundar Kala Kendra	Lighting Designer		Anjani Ambegaokar		2000-2011 Kathak Dance. Foundation has received 13 NEA grants.
11983'	Celebrate Dance	Lighting Designer		Jamie Nichols		Multi-company multi-choreographer annual production.	2007 Lester Horton Dance Award
11980'	blue13	Lighting Designer		Achinta McDaniel		"Bollywood Delicious!" and "Khel, A Bollywood Bedtime Story."
11976'	backhausdance	Lighting Designer		Jennifer Backhaus		Resident Designer throughout company's first 5 years (2004-2008).	2004 Lester Horton Dance Award "Sitting on January" & 2006 for "La Jupe"
11977'	Magical Starlight Parade	Lighting Designer			Universal Studios Japan	2008-2009. Lighting Associate for a thirty-three million dollar electrical parade in Osaka. Collaborate with local staff on and off site as needed during design process and to determine as-built lighting. Respect and follow Japanese rules of etiquette, while creating all paperwork for future maintenance of floats.
404'	Regional Dance America National Festival	Lighting Designer			Regional Dance America	Eighty youth dance companies gathered to perform in five dance concerts over five days.
11979'	South Bay Ballet	Lighting Designer		Diane Lauridsen		Collaborations began in 1998. 2005-2016, designed a fanciful "The Nutcracker" with lush looks and whimsy conceived especially for younger audience members. Created crystal curtains for this and other productions.
11978'	San Pedro City Ballet	Lighting Designer		Cynthia & Patrick Bradley		Resident designer 1998-2007. Designs ranged from the classics ("Swan Lake," "Copellia," "The Nutcracker," etc.) to original contemporary works. Misty Copeland began her training here during this time.

References

Name	Title	Email	Number	Details
Molly Lynch	Producing Artistic Director	mlynch@uci.edu	(949) 824-7226	Molly is the founder and artistic director of the National Choreographers Initiative, as well as Department Chair of the Dance Department at the University of California, Irvine. We began working together in 1999, while she was the founding artistic director of Ballet Pacifica. Molly can speak to my working style during collaborations with new artists from vastly varied backgrounds, and while in the theatre under time and budget pressures. She can also attest to my artistry and dedication.

Industry Specializations

Live Performance

Concerts

Dance

Opera

Special Events

Theatre

Themed Entertainment

Skills

Basic

Drafting - Computer (LD)

Drafting - Hand (LD)

Moving Light Design (LD)

Software

Lightwright (LD)

Vectorworks (LD)