Michael Jarett

Michael Jarett (Lighting Designer) is pleased to continue his collaboration with Starr Foster Dance. He recently became an Assistant Professor/Design Specialist for the University of Nevada Las Vegas Department of Dance where he supervises the Bachelor of Arts in Dance Production and Management degree program. He was the Lighting Designer/Dance Technical Director for the VCU Department of Dance and Choreography for nine years. Michael received his MFA in Theater Design from Brandeis University, his BA in Theater from the University of Richmond, and held the Gilbert Hemsley Internship at Lincoln Center. Michael has had the pleasure of designing for choreographers and companies including Amaranth Contemporary Dance, Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, Agua Dulce Dance Theater, Camille A. Brown and Dancers, Dance Iquail!, FDance, Ground Zero Dance, Thang Dao Dance Company, We Are Artists, BodyTraffic, and the VON HOWARD PROJECT.