Marcus

'The Lives of Giants' is the Cambodian version of an ancient Sanskrit epic. It tells the story of a giant in the heavenly realm who, abused by his contemporaries, resorts to violence and brings disarray to the world. In choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro's dance piece, it becomes a vehicle to lament the triumph of violence over compassion. My scenic design for the production which toured the US placed the heavens in the depths of an otherworldly lily pond - in silhouette upstage and graphically downstage. The costumes were vivid colors, accented in gold. The lighting design needed to support the water-and-heavens idea while working with the intensity of colors in the costumes.