MFA Lighting Dance Project 2026
Our MFA Stage Design students specialising in Lighting Design worked with choreographers to create Lighting Dance Projects.
Congratulations to Lir MFA Students Daisy Long and Kristóf Nagy, on exhibiting their spectacular Lighting Design Dance Projects!
Under the mentorship of LirTutor and Lighting Designer Sinead Wallace, this project is a professional development project in collaboration with Dance Ireland, working with choreographers and performers LA Feeney and Siún O'Kane.
Explore our online gallery of the production here.
Daisy Long
Daisy Long is a New York-based lighting designer for theater, opera, concert and dance. She has an affinity for the eclectic, uncanny and unusual.
Long's New York credits include: The Shed, The Public, KeenCompany, BAM, WP, Colt Coeur, Yangtze Rep, The Barrow Group, PrimaryStages, Abingdon Theater Company, Mason Holdings, HERE Arts Center, LaMaMa,AMERINDA, TADA! Youth Theater.
Regional credits include: Hartford Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, Everyman Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Alliance, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Speakeasy Stage Company. International credits include: Wexford Festival Opera; Lonesome George (Vienna, Austria).
They have frequently collaborated with The Million Underscores, TheFire Ensemble, Mason Holdings, and Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana. She is the recipient of an IRNE Award and a National Youth Arts award, and her work on REVIVAL: THIS IS OUR DUTY was selected for the US exhibit at the 2023 Prague Quadrennial. Originally from Massachusetts, she attended Yale University. Member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.
Dancer / Choreographer LA Feeney, Lighting Designer Daisy Long - MFA Lighting Design 2026. Photo by Ste Murray
Kristóf Nagy
Kristóf Nagy is a lighting designer transitioning from the music scene back to theatre, where he originally discovered his passion for lighting during high school. Originally from Budapest and now based in Dublin, he holds a BSc in Applied Physics from the University of Groningen.
His professional experience includes serving as resident lighting designer at Kobuci Kert, an outdoor venue in Budapest hosting major Hungarian acts, lighting operator at Palace EDM club in Groningen. He also worked as technical director of broadcast at TRIP floating theatre, where he was first introduced to the world of theatre.
Currently pursuing his MFA in Stage Design with a specialization in Lighting Design at The Lir Academy, he is building upon his technical foundation to deepen his artistic understanding and collaborate across disciplines.
Dancer / Choreographer Siún O'Kane, Lighting Designer Kristóf Nagy - MFA Lighting Design 2026. Photo by Ste Murray
