EPISODE 123:
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A LIGHTING DESIGNER WITH CHRISTINA GIANNELLI
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 12/05/2022
Release Date: 12/05/2022
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An interview with lighting designer Christina Giannelli.
Topics: ⭐️ Freelancing in Houston. ⭐️ Teaching as a retirement plan. ⭐️ Putting all contracts through USA 829. ⭐️ A good accountant will keep you on track. ⭐️ Aging parents while growing older yourself. ⭐️ Real estate as retirement plan & COVID safety net. ⭐️ Focusing youthful energy toward retirement planning. ⭐️ Having an agent negotiate contracts is well worth the agent’s fee. Today’s episode was recorded in person at LDI in Las Vegas. We partnered with AYRTON Digital Lighting, who sponsored the Women In Lighting session to raise awareness and community for women in entertainment lighting. Takeaways: ⭐️ Run everything through a USA 829 contract. ⭐️ Get an agent to handle the financial and contractual details. ⭐️ Getting older. Christina didn’t shy away from the reality that YOU have less energy as you get older. Use the energy of youth to set up a financial retirement plan. ⭐️ It is possible to be a freelance lighting designer in Houston. It’s not New York, LA, or Chicago. But Gary Archer and Christina Giannelli have both made their living as freelancers in Houston. |
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Links and Resources
Drama Book Shop - Where Christina Picked Up A Financial Help Book
Beer Can House - Houston Art Installation
Episode 96: How Much To Pay To File Taxes - How Much Is Too Much? | Artistic Finance
Light Talk Podcast
Christina Giannelli
Lighting Designer
Christina Giannelli | Summit Entertainment Group
Christina Giannelli
Christina Giannelli has designed original lighting for ballets by Julia Adam, Christopher Bruce, Jorma Elo, Donald McHale, Kenneth McMillan, Trey McIntyre, Dennis Nahat, Ben Stevenson, Glen Tetley, Natalie Weir, Stanton Welch, and Lila York, among others. In the course of her career. She has been a Coach at the Kairos Foundation’s More to Life program; an Artist Board Member at DiverseWorks; and the resident lighting designer for Houston Grand Opera, Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, Houston Ballet, and most recently for the Metropolitan Opera; she has also designed extensively for other ballet and opera companies throughout the United States and abroad. Her opera credits include over a dozen productions with Houston Grand Opera as well as premieres and revivals for Dallas Opera, Portland Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Virginia Opera and others. Christina earned her BA in History of Art and Theatre Studies from Yale University, and she delights in lighting new works and productions that blend multiple art forms. She is the founding director of Dance Source Houston, a service organization that supports and promotes Contemporary Dance in Houston.
Beer Can House - Houston Art Installation
Episode 96: How Much To Pay To File Taxes - How Much Is Too Much? | Artistic Finance
Light Talk Podcast
Christina Giannelli
Lighting Designer
Christina Giannelli | Summit Entertainment Group
Christina Giannelli
Christina Giannelli has designed original lighting for ballets by Julia Adam, Christopher Bruce, Jorma Elo, Donald McHale, Kenneth McMillan, Trey McIntyre, Dennis Nahat, Ben Stevenson, Glen Tetley, Natalie Weir, Stanton Welch, and Lila York, among others. In the course of her career. She has been a Coach at the Kairos Foundation’s More to Life program; an Artist Board Member at DiverseWorks; and the resident lighting designer for Houston Grand Opera, Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, Houston Ballet, and most recently for the Metropolitan Opera; she has also designed extensively for other ballet and opera companies throughout the United States and abroad. Her opera credits include over a dozen productions with Houston Grand Opera as well as premieres and revivals for Dallas Opera, Portland Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Virginia Opera and others. Christina earned her BA in History of Art and Theatre Studies from Yale University, and she delights in lighting new works and productions that blend multiple art forms. She is the founding director of Dance Source Houston, a service organization that supports and promotes Contemporary Dance in Houston.
