A Giordano show is always a multi-layered display of art and entertainment, not so much defying barriers and boundaries as transcending them.
AOTPR.COM
When the curtain falls and the evening ends, there are a lot of grateful, happily satisfied customers
Time Out Chicago
Giordano gave me confidence.
Adriana
4th Grade GDC outreach student
JAZZ DANCE WORLD CONGRESS
JAZZ DANCE WORLD CONGRESS
JAZZ DANCE WORLD CONGRESS
America's Original Jazz Dance Company
Julie E. Ballard, USA is a professional lighting designer and
theatrical technician. Ms. Ballard is an Assistant Professor
of Theater Arts, specializing in lighting and sound, at Illinois
Wesleyan University. She is affiliated with IATSE Local 2 and
the Actors’ Equity Association and was previously the Stage
Manager and Properties Master for Hubbard Street Dance
Chicago. Additionally, Ms. Ballard is the owner/operator of
OverlapLighting, a freelance production company specializing in
production/stage management, lighting design and photography,
and is the Technical Director, Resident Lighting Designer and Stage Manager for The
Seldoms. Ms. Ballard was the Lighting Director at the Dance Center of Columbia College
for nearly 8 years. She has freelanced for two decades in and around the Midwest, touring
regionally, nationally and internationally with Hubbard Street, Pilobolus, Deeply Rooted
Dance Theater and David Dorfman Dance, among others. Ms. Ballard holds degrees in
Theater (BA, 1999) and Lighting Design (MFA, 2004) from Kent State University and the
University of Florida, respectively. Visit her portfolio at overlaplighting.com