Bill Grant

William “Bill” Grant was a “legendary” lighting designer who trained many current practitioners. He was the original designer for DanceAfrica, which performed at BAM from 1975, and lit for the Alvin Ailey Dance Center.

He died in 2014.

He is variously credited as “Bill Grant”, “William Grant”, and “William H. Grant III”.

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NFT Credits

Credit Type Production Season
Lighting Designer Becoming Garcia 1983-84 Season
Lighting Designer Selma 1983-84 Season
Lighting Designer Hospice 1983-84 Season
Lighting Designer AmeriCain Gothic 1984-85 Season
Lighting Designer Long Time Since Yesterday 1984-85 Season
Lighting Designer Initiation 1977-78 Season
Lighting Designer for colored girls who have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf (1995) 1994-95 Season
Lighting Designer Waltz of the Stork Boogie 1984-85 Season
Lighting Designer Welcome to Black River 1984-85 Season
Lighting Designer Long Time Since Yesterday 1985-86 Season
Lighting Designer Sovereign State of Boogedy Boogedy 1986-87 Season
Lighting Designer From the Mississippi Delta 1987-88 Season
Lighting Designer A Thrill a Moment 1988-89 Season
Lighting Designer Good Black Don’t Crack 1988-89 Season
Lighting Designer Jika 1988-89 Season
Lighting Designer God’s Trombones 1989-90 Season