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Name;
Lara Gabor
Course;
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
Discipline;
Lighting & Vision Designer/Technician

Video Design 'Dance Nation'

Each individual clip of Sabina, a past dance student, play across the televisions that were dotted around the set.

Video: Lara Gabor

Two actors onstage with a green-hued screen in the background, illuminating a dark set.

Lighting and Video Design 'Dance Nation'

Mum and Luke driving home from dance class. The television represents a car window, the rainy, surreal world blurring by to compliment the dialogue.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

A dance ensemble practices with barres, reflected in a mirror amidst a stage set with vintage televisions.

Lighting Design 'Dance Nation'

Ballet Barre Warmup

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Performers in contemporary dance attire execute a choreographed piece with wooden sticks on a warmly lit stage.

Lighting Design 'Dance Nation'

The Ghandi Dance

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Actors strike a dramatic pose on a red-lit stage with retro TVs in the background.

Lighting Design 'Dance Nation'

"My Pussy is Perfect" A moment of fervour.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Two actors on a dark set, one standing and gesturing, the other seated and expressive, bathed in a cool blue light.

Lighting and Video Design 'Dance Nation'

A Triptych of Girlhood, part 1. Sofia gets her first period and is comforted by her mother outside of the bathroom door.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

A dance group in white moves in unison on a stark white stage, with a minimalist set design and soft lighting.

Lighting and Video Design 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding'

Dancers Enter and begin their sequence of controlled gestures.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Silhouetted dancers hold poses in doorways within an abstract set design, under warm amber stage lighting.

Lighting Design 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding'

End of first sequence, the dancers exit.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Dancers in a contemporary performance move dynamically across the stage, with a projected backdrop.

Lighting and Video Design 'Gesturing Weaving Unfolding'

The dancers re-enter with heightened intensity and weave around one another.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

A portrait image of Lara Gabor

Lara Gabor (she/her) is a lighting and digital media designer and technician, based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her upbringing in Singapore fostered a passion for multidisciplinary work and musical theatre which has flourished upon relocating back to Australia.

In 2023, Lara completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). Lara’s VCA credits include Lighting and Vision Designer on Clare Barron’s ‘Dance Nation’ (dir. Emily Tomlins, 2023) and on contemporary devised work ‘Gesturing Weaving Unfolding’ (chor. James Batchelor, 2023), Programmer and Operator on contemporary dance work ‘Theatrum Botanicum’ (chor. Gregory Lorenzutti, 2022), and Deputy Electrician, Programmer and Operator on ‘Alter Kinetic’ (chor. Lucy Guerin, Ngioka Bunda-Heath, and, Julie Minaai, 2022).

Lara hopes to continue her practice in Australia and beyond, sharing her enthusiasm for theatrical storytelling.

Email;
laragabordesigns@gmail.com
Website;
Two actors onstage with a green-hued screen in the background, illuminating a dark set.
A dance ensemble practices with barres, reflected in a mirror amidst a stage set with vintage televisions.
Performers in contemporary dance attire execute a choreographed piece with wooden sticks on a warmly lit stage.
Actors strike a dramatic pose on a red-lit stage with retro TVs in the background.
Two actors on a dark set, one standing and gesturing, the other seated and expressive, bathed in a cool blue light.
A dance group in white moves in unison on a stark white stage, with a minimalist set design and soft lighting.
Silhouetted dancers hold poses in doorways within an abstract set design, under warm amber stage lighting.
Dancers in a contemporary performance move dynamically across the stage, with a projected backdrop.

Video Design 'Dance Nation'

Each individual clip of Sabina, a past dance student, play across the televisions that were dotted around the set.

Video: Lara Gabor

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A portrait image of Lara Gabor