Lisa Wilson

 

Lisa Wilson

Choreographer, Lisa Wilson Projects

Director, Studio1

Lisa Wilson is an award-winning dance artist with an international career as director, choreographer, producer, performer, educator and mentor. Her body of work moves across genres having created for theatre companies, opera, large-scale installation work, poly-media performances, company commissions and full- length independent work.

Lisa’s choreographic credits range from critically acclaimed full-length independent works, to works for - The Australian Ballet Company, Sydney Dance Company, Queensland Ballet, Expressions Dance Company, Opera Queensland, Dance North, Queensland Theatre Company, The Place Theatre ‘Resolution!’ (UK), to name a few.

Lisa’s work has been nominated in numerous critics’ choice awards; was a finalist at The Helpmann and Australian Dance awards; has toured nationally in Australia to critical acclaim and showcased at national performing arts markets. As a choreographer Lisa has been awarded numerous fellowships, grants and residencies both in Australia and internationally, including the prestigious Hephzibah Tintner Choreographic Fellowship in 2011. Lisa continues to develop new Australian work and is a supported artist by Metro Arts producing services.

Lisa has also been a leading, professional contemporary dancer and from 1995-2012 collaborated and performed for prominent choreographers and companies throughout Australia and the United Kingdom, appearing in Arts Festivals and venues worldwide in Japan, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, Singapore, China, Germany, Mexico, New Caledonia and the U.S.A.

As a prominent figure in the Australian dance sector Lisa has : initiated programs such as Elevate, a pre-professional/emerging artist transition program ; lectured on faculty for over a decade at QUT Dance; been a peer assessor for The Australia Council for the Arts; an original board member of The Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance and board member of Ausdance Qld, providing dance expertise and representing the interests of dance artists at a governance level.

In 2016 Lisa opened the Studio - Dance and Arts inspired by creating a dance and arts studio that valued individuality, community, creativity and artistry. Her passion was to see the Studio develop as a wholistic dance studio, supporting excellence alongside inclusivity, and growing the school to develop into a larger creative hub. Studio 1 is the culmination of this - a two-studio micro dance precinct engaging and connecting community and events, as part of a multi-use space.

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