Choreographer: Billy Siegenfeld 
Costume Designer: Linda Roethke
Lighting Design: Lynne Koscielniak

• Production Note
• Design Statement
• Acrylic Rendering
• Lighting Storyboard - Color Pencil on Black Paper
• Lighting Storyboard - Light Lab
• Production Photos Moment to Moment
• Cheat Sheetspace

Getting There was originally choreographed for Danceworks '98 at Northwestern University (Josephine Louis Theatre).  Subsequently, the piece was added to Mr. Siegenfeld's dance company's permanent repertory.  With Jump Rythm Jazz Project, the dance and its original design is featured across the country.  Venues have included The Anthenaum in Chicago and The Kaye Theatre in New York City.
 

Out on an urban plain, inner hurt is concealed by a cool exterior. The individuals in Getting There start out with no self awareness and grow through a series of intense recognitions to realize that they are part of a community whaich shares in the same common pains.  The lighting parallels the arch of the dance, bringing a disjoined environment to one of unity.

As the curtain rises, the figures are 
static in a light which only partially 
reveals their form.  They are 
fragmented souls, stuck at a point 
in life where they have suffered so 
much pain that they have lost their
sense of self. 
 

In this moment of recognition, the 
individuals find themselves in a new 
spatial dynamic, symbolizing a new 
found place in life.  As their eyes 
lock on one another with cold glances, they realize for the first time that they are not alone.  The lighting parallels their new awareness, revealing their forms with more completeness.

Having realized self as well as others, the individuals are now able to reach 
out as whole human beings.  The 
lighting washes the complete form of each individual, allowing each soul to be seen and to not be treated 
differently from any other.  A united 
community has been formed.