Associate Chair and Professor
Director of Production
School of Dance
Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Contact

rsandifer@fsu.edu
850-644-1024

Russell Sandifer is the director of production and lighting designer for the School of Dance and teaches coursework in visual design and production. Outside of the School, Russell has designed lighting for Suzanne Farrell Ballet (since 2001), for Urban Bush Women (since 1998), and designed for Seaside Music Theatre from 1986 until it closed in 2007. These designs have toured across the United States and Europe. In his career, Russell has designed almost 2,000 dance works, 85 musicals, 8 operas, and a few of straight plays. He was also the production manager and lighting director for the 2012 ACDFA National Festival.

Russell is a member of United Scenic Artists and a board and lifetime member of the American College Dance Festival Association.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, Design and Production, University of Southern Mississippi

Select Scholarly/Creative Works

-Presented Dance Lighting. Presentation at Southeastern Conference, American College Dance Festival Association, University of South Florida. (Regional), 2017
-Presented Cueing Dance. Presentation at Southeastern Conference, American College Dance Festival Association, Georgia Southern University, Milledgeville, GA. (Regional), 2015
-Lighting design for The Suzanne Farrell Ballet [Ballet]. [Origination of the work by George Balanchine]. [Artistic direction by Suzanne Farrell]. 
-The Opera House, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2017
-Lighting design for Walking with Trane [Contemporary Dance]. [Origination of the work by Jawole Zollar]. [Artistic direction by Jawole Zollar]. The Eisenhower Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Urban Bush Women, 2017
-Lighting design for The Suzanne Farrell Ballet [Ballet]. [Origination of the work by George Balanchine]. [Artistic direction by Suzanne Farrell]. The Eisenhower Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2016
-Lighting design for Lucrezia [Opera]. [Origination of the work by Mark Campbell]. [Artistic direction by Directed by Grant Preisser]. Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, FL: The Florida State University School of Music, Opera Department, 2016
-Lighting design for Maria de Buenos Aires [Opera]. [Origination of the work by Horacio Ferrer and Astor Piazzolla]. [Artistic direction by Directed by Grant Preisser]. Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, FL: The Florida State University School of Music, Opera Department, 2016

Teaching Areas

Design & Production. GFS

Research Areas

Design and production