A Sunlit Glow

I find it stunningly beautiful the way these grasses seem to glow as the sunlight passes through them. The flowers float weightlessly on almost invisible stems, and they seem to melt into and become part of the surrounding light. They blur into the brightness, but then on closer inspection, the tiniest details are sharply highlighted as the sunlight catches and bounces off every textured surface.

But how to translate this to the stage with a human body as the ethereal floating object? How to make the stage glow and have the lights penetrate and radiate out from the dancer? Quite honestly, I don't know, but here are some elementary thoughts on the matter: I think the stage would need to be completely washed in strong, warm light using the down lights and pipe ends. The dancer would need to be back-lit to give the impression of light passing through her, but with some balancing light coming from somewhere else in order to avoid harsh shadows in the front and to keep the feel of all-encompassing light. I think costuming would actually play strongly into creating this effect; the right fabric, in weight and texture, could mimic the outer edges of these feathery grasses, letting the light pass through and radiate out, with the dancer's body being the inner core or willowy stem.