![Seth Tillett stage design lighting pretty ugly dancecompany Icamera Iamecar Iamrace Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1318,973,1318,1200/0-0-0/5f039b73-b14a-4c5a-8831-8be14530a4b6/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_17_31_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=5945cfe7883b2e505ec80c1639663c2cb823eb2c592e6000ae52558a81b8e3a3)
Icamera Music: Arto Lindsay
I began to create for the dance in 1992, working as a stage designer and dramaturge for the dancer and choreographer Amanda Miller, first with pretty ugly dancecompany then Ballet Freiburg prettyugly and later Pretty Ugly Tanz Köln. Of the nearly fifty dances we created over a decade, both for prettyugly iterations and later on many of the great dance companies of the world, with Miller as choreographer and myself as stage, light and graphic designer, and twice as composer, here are a dozen works presented between 1992 and 2003.
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1255,972,1255,1200/0-0-0/8ac49247-1d4f-4d68-b08e-2ec5a61643c8/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_20_27_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=3aa1f1ea8e2874094db289c288aae1e2ce89c921f5e5e6d8f93f9525d44a4567)
Antik Tanzwerk Nurnberg. City Balet, Innsbruck Music: Fred Frith
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1317,959,1317,1200/0-0-0/dcc8131e-aaac-4ec2-ba41-814a76794bf8/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_18_21_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=a2d48b0c4f45e1ef62ae3acbd3de110a6ffd2891b76d2fa337c69c8fce808af8)
Unspeakable Home Music: J.S.Bach, D.Scarlatti, D.Cortez
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1134,973,1134,1200/0-0-0/0783ad23-50ee-47bc-b5d1-872a9a1d2386/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_20_59_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=72b3846bc4653b678748708ac750694800d308656ef11a8c7b4e6963b87f690d)
Paralipomena Hebbel Theater, Berlin Music: Giacinto Scelsi
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1291,973,1291,1200/0-0-0/e7ae1c1f-e305-469a-8eb2-ce0057e66287/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_16_20_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=87f32eca60bcba6d2fbb82e3f3a15ce8e0a66ae55abb131b7474dad039179707)
Un Petit d'Un Petit. Les Grands Ballets du Place Neuve. Geneva Music: Giacinto Scelsi
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany songe d'un nuit d'ete Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1316,973,1316,1200/0-0-0/baed47ea-acdd-449e-8a26-8275357ef52e/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_19_52_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=0d1e47a8dc8c4ab64db42c57f1ffa4b02d58452e330ff9fd3e45ef5513b06ca4)
A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream Les Grands Ballets du Place Neuve, Geneve Music: Henry Purcell
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1324,1018,1324,1200/0-0-0/665497c4-451f-46cc-bc30-2c1ff0420955/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_24_00_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=27e28aaf457cb3439e31847262aaff232376268ef79ceb625e730f8b2fe5d5cc)
Signs On Fire Music: various Texts: Seth Tillett
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1306,1015,1306,1200/0-0-0/3e08a586-78f7-4cee-9179-208126805695/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_24_26_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=e7a9946fbe093f16ec524139bdfe41faa264c3d401a6d63bf002f90241a35560)
The Happy End Problem (Firebird Pt. 2) Music: Fred Frith
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg David Bennent Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1317,976,1317,1200/0-0-0/3a22c87e-d28d-4647-aff3-6a0984bdf27b/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_24_52_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=522a55999147bcf1288ce3b70d7629035dc63cbc87688c4f5b1dc09f0b873818)
Galea Aponeurotica Furrows The Brow (w/ David Bennent) Texts: René Char, Heiner Müller, William S. Burroughs, Seth Tillett, Henri Micheaux
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg J.S.Bach Lincoln Center Festival Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1164,1012,1164,1200/0-0-0/3427046d-2003-4a72-a7d8-85f91efc0bac/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_25_29_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=02db6a7d69cc8715d1781862a3fc7bf85305ab91950c3c3beeb4845b1f7064b5)
The Art of the Fugue Lincoln Center Festival, NY Music: J.S.Bach
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1308,1014,1308,1200/0-0-0/35d792e4-f555-4004-821a-f2f07b9f5882/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_26_21_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=08c7ec3a75210454fce5eee4a6de2e2f8283ee4ab43cfa7f355bdfd722234a7a)
Imitation Music: Fred Frith
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Firebird Igor Stravinsky Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1322,1016,1322,1200/0-0-0/4ad95337-8afa-43f4-903e-7af752024fb0/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_27_09_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=99a2d62fd9c50af6cec841fd444de710bda2310c087da4c4b37049dae372fbf8)
Firebird Music: Igor Stravinsky
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Meidosems Henri Michaux Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1180,1017,1180,1200/0-0-0/04bc8a0c-49b0-4029-833d-ab7303ffb610/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_27_44_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=a468cdd76fe36acef942adb9fd31971380e20f8afb9b8cdd63ffd36e7d1f5c8f)
Meidosems Music: John Cage
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Fred Frith Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1580,817,1580,1200/0-0-0/c2d74678-30f5-4afa-b3fe-473d2a3bdfdb/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_28_18_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=29a2739ce92df18327a26ac8c568036c7d8d4b09bd58993133f907c9e916f831)
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1425,962,1425,1200/0-0-0/c152d2e0-ade7-433c-9c87-9fb84c6da486/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_28_40_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=12b63bfad952cfbc0a66b4a299d623e4fd286c479e146be41ed7811ebf30e787)
studies for dance
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studies and models
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various
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studies and models
![Seth Tillett stage design lighting ballet pretty ugly dancecompany Ballet Freiburg Amanda Miller](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4948793e-205a-4e00-8863-18dd86c82b5b/0/0/0/0,0,1383,714,1383,1200/0-0-0/03c99376-1efd-48d9-8420-d41880cf743f/1/1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-19_at_3_30_05_PM.png?fjkss=exp=2037283697~hmac=f1cd0e97695346ce0e7ae1be84c4433fdf2b5646839417dc081239e7be2008cd)
studies and models