Elizaveta Kopnina
Lighting Designer
Classical Arts Entertainment
Elizaveta Kopnina is a professional lighting designer with more than twenty years of experience in theatre and touring productions across Ukraine and the United States. She specializes in lighting design for ballet and dance performances, creating visually expressive and technically precise stage environments for full length productions and touring shows.
Education
Elizaveta Kopnina completed her professional training in Kalush, Ukraine, with a specialization in lighting design. Her education combined technical and artistic disciplines, forming a strong foundation in stage lighting systems, cueing, and visual composition.
Professional Profile
Originally from Ukraine, she built her early career working in repertory theatre, designing and programming lighting for ballet, drama, and music productions. This background developed her strong cue structure discipline, fast technical adaptation, and deep understanding of stage workflow.
Over the past two decades she has worked in multiple theatres and performing arts venues in Ukraine and the United States, including proscenium theatres and touring houses. She is experienced in adapting lighting plots to house rigs and delivering consistent visual quality under touring conditions.
Work with Classical Arts Entertainment
As Lighting Designer with Classical Arts Entertainment, Elizaveta Kopnina creates and supervises lighting setups for touring classical ballet productions. She adapts designs to different venues, oversees focus and programming, and works closely with technical teams to maintain artistic consistency across performances.