There are the toddlers popping and locking in Balenciaga, forcing you into a moral dilemma of "so cute!" versus, "if I start taking pictures of them, will I get handcuffed?" There's the arrival of a K-pop star, accompanied by a chorus of breathless screams and a lighting storm of camera flashes worthy of an Oscars red carpet.
Instead of a nice appeasing black you'll get a crazy light storm capable of generating epileptic seizures….
One recent afternoon in a studio upstairs from the theater, Mr. Dorfman was putting five company members, two in chairs, through a rigorous rehearsal of the new work, an extended riff on the theme of protection tentatively titled "A Light Shelter for a Storm".
By contrast, the nuns appear alert and enthralled; when the power cuts out and the hall is plunged into darkness, a handful of nuns quietly light storm lanterns as the majority continue chanting without missing a beat.
"I come to this campaign with a set of experiences that are directly relevant to the times that we are in," Mr. Kerry said, sitting in a wingback chair in his Senate office here the other evening, as Washington began to clear out in anticipation of a light snow storm.
In the high ambient condition, two Aputure-brand Light Storm LED panels (model LS-1c) were placed behind and to the side of the participant's chair provided additional illumination.
The hurricane season in 2012 started off with relatively light storm damage for U.S. landfalls.
"Kind of a radical thunder and lighting storm," he deadpanned.
Although the building was designed with modern conveniences -- lots of outlets, good lighting, storm windows, a great heating system, evenly milled yellow pine floors, 6-by-6 crossbeams, a full bathroom with blue tile floors -- my writing house is not so far in spirit from the barn it replaced; a horse could be just as happy here as a writer.
