Live Design/LDI Presents 2020 Design Achievement Awards on WorldStage's Custom Digital Oasis Platform The LDI 2020 Design Achievement Awards, produced by Questex and supported by headline sponsor WorldStage, honor design excellence in the fields of lighting design, projection/video design, and production design in the areas of Theatre (including dance and opera), Live For Broadcast, and Concert Touring & Events. The awards will be presented in a virtual format by the LDI/Live Design team on January 13, 14, and 15, starting at 3:00pm each day and broadcast via WorldStage's Digital Oasis platform. Work created from August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020 was nominated, and the judging panels for each category narrowed the nominees to three projects per award. The judging panels were chaired by dance writer Lauren Warnecke for Theatre; lighting designer and programmer Tiffany Keys for Live For Broadcast; and production/lighting designer Cory FitzGerald for Concert Touring & Events. Theatre: shortlist Dance
Brandon Stirling Baker for Ode
Peter Leibold for Children of Babel
Jennifer Tipton for Giselle Musical
Neil Austin for Company
Adam Honoré for A Chorus Line
Tyler Micoleau for Hercules Opera
Donald Holder for Porgy and Bess
Jeanette Oi Yew for Sweet Land
for Akhnaten: Hymn to the Sun Play
David Finn for R.U.N
Allen Lee Hughes for A Soldier's Play
Cat Tate Starmer for 1984 Video & Projection Design
Peter Flaherty for The Flying Dutchman
Olivier Goulet and Johnny Ranger for R.U.N
Hana S. Kim for Sweet Land Concert Touring & Events: shortlist Arena Lighting
Michael Brown for Bon Iver Autumn Tour
Tony Caporale for Billie Eilish's Where Do We Go? World Tour
Paul Guthrie for Halsey: Manic World Tour Europe MA Lighting Award for Club Lighting
Martin Castañon and Victor G. Ortiz for Super Duper Kyle at Concerts in Your Car
Pierre Claude for Gesaffelstein's Requiem Tour
Matthew Guminski for MisterWives' No Place Like Home Tour Stage Lighting
Shen Chia Ying for Tizzy Bac's 20th Anniversary Concert
Marc Janowitz for My Morning Jacket's Summer 2019 Tour
Matthew Smith for RÜFÜS DU SOL's Solace Tour Festival Headliner
Darrius Medina for A$AP Rocky at Rolling Loud Festival New York 2019
Felipe Serey for Maroon 5 at Festival de Viña del Mar 2020
Kley Tarcitano for Jennifer Lopez at iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina 2019 Concert Production Design
Florian Wieder and Roland Greil for Rammstein's Europe Stadium Tour 2019
STUFISH for Queen + Adam Lambert's The Rhapsody Tour
Heather Shaw and Vita Motus Design Studio for Hunan TV's NYE 2020 Concert Event Lighting Design
Ken Billington and Christopher Ash for Northern Lights at Philadelphia Zoo's LumiNature
John Featherstone for the Opening Ceremony at the Royal Inauguration of Diriyah
Chris Werner for NightGarden Miami 2019 Event Production Design
Bruce Rodgers for the Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show
Tom Sutherland for Tesla's Cybertruck Launch Digital and Video Content
Lorenzo De Pascalis for DJ Snake at Paris La Défense Arena
Danny Tull for Madonna's Madame X Tour
Janicke Morissette for Through the Echoes Live For Broadcast: shortlist www.livedesignonline.com/business-people-news/live-for-broadcast-shortlist Live Design readers voted to determine the winners, who will be announced at virtual awards presentations at 3:00pm ET on January 13 (Live For Broadcast), January 14, (Theatre), and January 15 (Concert Touring & Events). The awards will include the first-ever Pandemic Pivot Prizes (PPP) that will recognize individuals, companies, and teams that have successfully pivoted their business or productions in the face of industry shutdown due to COVID-19. One prize will be presented each day of the Design Awards. The awards will be presented using the WorldStage Digital Oasis platform for virtual events services. Digital Oasis is a comprehensive online hosting solution purpose-built by production people for the live event production community to provide the foundation for successful virtual events. "We are extremely excited to be working with WorldStage to present our awards virtually using Digital Oasis," says Marian Sandberg, Live Design/LDI vice president and market leader. "This is a very integrated digital solution, and we are just dipping our toe in the sea of possibilities it offers." "We have developed a great partnership with the LDI Team over the years, and we work together to create new and unique experiences," notes TJ Donoghue, director of integration at WorldStage. "While we wish we were able to be with them in person, we are looking forward to producing this multi-part virtual awards show together, celebrating some amazing work." Register for the awards at ldi.digital-oasis.io/. 
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