This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of light and lighting and performance lighting technologies including light sources and controls. Students will develop skills and techniques through the use of color, intensity, composition, angle, and the quality of light; the development of light plots; and other means to communicate performance lighting design. Students will gain hands-on experience with hanging, aiming, focusing, and rigging performance lighting equipment. Though this course will primarily focus on lighting for the theater, these principles can be applied to other performance mediums.