Festival Biographies

Joe Lavasseur

Joe Levasseur is a New York City-based lighting designer and production manager. He has collaborated with many dance and performance artists including John Jasperse, Rose Anne Spradlin, Sarah Michelson, David Dorfman, Jodi Melnick, Beth Gill, Maria Hassabi, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Lee Saar the Company, Palissimo, Anna Sperber, Megan Sprenger and Christopher Williams. He has received two Bessie awards for his design work, including one with Big Dance Theater for Comme Toujours Here I Stand. In 2009, his Drop Clock installation was featured in the lobby of Dance Theater Workshop (New York Live Arts). In 2010, he showed a collection of original paintings at Performance Space 122. His upcoming engagements include lighting from onstage for Jennifer Monson at the Kitchen, and projects with Tamar Rogoff and Wendy Whelan. For more information and a selection of his ringtones, visit www.joelevasseur.com.