Arun Srinivasan

Arun Srinivasan

(he/him)

Arun has worked extensively in the performing arts. He trained at York University earning a Specialized Honours B.F.A.  Dance collaborators have included Robert Desrosiers, Peter Chin, Danny Grossman, COBA, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Tiger Princess Dance Projects, The National Ballet School, ProArteDanza and Throwdown Collective.  He has been the resident designer for Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre since 2002.  Theatre credits include The Stratford Festival, Factory Theatre, The Canadian Stage Co., The Globe Theatre, The World Stage Theatre Festival, fu-GEN, Cahoots Theatre Projects, k’Now Theatre & Buddies In Bad Times Theatre.  His career has garnered him 10 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design in both the theatre and dance categories. Currently, he is designing Wendy & Peter Pan for Stratford and will be travelling to Sweden to design a new dance work.  Arun has had the privilege of teaching lighting design at York University, Toronto Metropolitan University, the University of Waterloo and mentorship at The National Theatre School.  Productions have taken him to Ukraine, Malaysia, Singapore, India, China and across North America.