Biography
Born in Rotterdam. Tuinman’s career began with a traineeship at Netherlands Dance Theater’s technical department in 1999. He toured the world with all three
NDT companies as a lighting technician, and was named Senior Lighting Technician for NDT 1 в 2003 г. During this time, Tuinman worked with such renowned choreographers as Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Lightfoot & León, and Ohad Naharin, and designed lighting for various NDT workshops and Jorma Elo’s 1st Flash and Plan to A.
Between 2005 and 2007, Tuinman worked as stage manager and DSM when major Disney Broadway musicals The Lion King and Tarzan were performed in Holland.
Since 2007, when Aspen Santa Fe Ballet performed 1st Flash, he has worked as a freelance lighting designer for companies including Royal New Zealand Ballet, Ballet BC, Croatian National Ballet, Ballet Basel, and several theatre and opera companies in The Netherlands. Other lighting design credits include Verdi Code, Swan Lake, Running Red, La Traviata, Red Sweet, Boléro, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Carmen, A Song in the Dark, Silhouette, Milk & Honey, Alice in Wonderland, Giselle, Air, Spectre de la Rose, Golden Partita, La Valse, several remakes of both 1st Flash and Plan to A, and gala performances including soloists from the Ballet Opéra de Paris, The Royal Ballet London.
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