Is Jesse Alford the busiest lighting person in Louisville? Fortunately, his skills as a circus artist help him juggle a schedule this full: Lighting Designer at Big Apple Circus, Lighting Designer at Louisville Ballet and Resident Lighting Designer at Pandora Productions. He'll answer this and other questions in our interview airing this Thursday morning. Tune into WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10:00 am.
Jesse Alford is originally from Redlands, CA and earned a BA in Theatre Arts from Washington State University. His lighting work can be seen with a variety of groups in Louisville, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New York, and other places. Collaborators include The Louisville Ballet, The Louisville Orchestra, The Big Apple Circus, The Kentucky Opera, Stage One Family Theatre, Circus Flora, Pandora Productions, Acting Against Cancer, Kentucky Shakespeare, The Va Va Vixens, The Mary Shelly Electric Company, Theatre [502], The Liminal Playhouse, Circus Culture, Suspend Performing Arts, and many more.
Jesse also works as a circus coach, teaching unicycle, juggling, partner acrobatics, and much more. He is the Head Coach for My Nose Turns Red Youth Circus, and serves as the Board President of the American Youth Circus Organization and American Circus Educators.