Li is a Chinese lighting designer currently based in New York City. She is especially interested in collaborating on work that breaks the boundaries of certain culture landscapes. And she is always passionate about finding meaning in abstraction through the manipulation of lights in her process. Outside of design, she enjoys walking on the street with her camera to observe and capture stories.
Selected Credits: The Moors (NYU, Theatre C); Dancing at Lughnasa (Lenfest Center for the Arts); Em Domstol (NYU, Walker Theatre); Second Avenue Dance Company resident lighting designer (2022-2023); Story of A Bird (Shanghai Changjiang Black Box Theatre)
Education: MFA, Design for Stage and Film, NYU Tisch; BM, Arts Management, Shanghai Theatre Academy
Selected Work
Dancing at Lughnasa - All the sisters dance together in the house. Photo by Yiyuan Li
Next To Normal - Diana recalls her happiness from the past and dreams of a liberated life without taking the…
Next To Normal - The confrontation between Diana and Dan
Next To Normal - ECT (shock therapy) moment
Next To Normal - Finale of the show, when everyone steps into the "sunshine"
En Domstol - The break room inside a bus terminal, also the court room. Photo by Yiyuan Li
En Domstol - Secret Meetup. Photo by Yiyuan Li
En Domstol - Memory Song. Photo by Yiyuan Li
En Domstol - Magic Show. Photo by Ella Bromblin
The Moors - Day time at a English house on the moorland. Photo by Yiyuan Li
The Moors - Night time at a English house on the moorland. Photo by Ella Bromblin
The Moors - Huldey sings the murder ballad she wrote. Photo by Yiyuan Li
Production Credits
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