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![]() Densem at Re:publica Portland 2019 | |
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Lisa Densem (born 1965) is a New Zealand choreographer. [1] [2]
Densem grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her father, John Densem, was a composer and musician. [2] She trained at New Zealand School of Dance in 1985 and 1986. [3] In 1998 she received a Creative New Zealand scholarship to study in New York and in 1999 she moved to Berlin, Germany, to work with the German dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests run by Sasha Waltz. [3] [4] She remained with the company until 2004, when she became a freelance performer and choreographer. [3]
In 2013 Densem returned to New Zealand to create a new dance work for Footnote Dance; she also created No Such Place for Footnote in 2005. [3] [4]
Densem collaborated in 2021 with Miriam Jakob and Jana Unmüßig who are on scholarship with Berlin Artistic Research on the performance Meandering nearby Breathing. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Forever | Dancer | [6] |
1999 | Losing Sleep | Choreographer and dancer | [7] [8] |
2010 | American Night | Choreographer | [9] |
2011 | Broke But Sexy | Herself | [2] [10] |
2012 | Virtuosi | Herself | [2] [11] |
Lisa Densem | |
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![]() Densem at Re:publica Portland 2019 | |
Occupations |
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Lisa Densem (born 1965) is a New Zealand choreographer. [1] [2]
Densem grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her father, John Densem, was a composer and musician. [2] She trained at New Zealand School of Dance in 1985 and 1986. [3] In 1998 she received a Creative New Zealand scholarship to study in New York and in 1999 she moved to Berlin, Germany, to work with the German dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests run by Sasha Waltz. [3] [4] She remained with the company until 2004, when she became a freelance performer and choreographer. [3]
In 2013 Densem returned to New Zealand to create a new dance work for Footnote Dance; she also created No Such Place for Footnote in 2005. [3] [4]
Densem collaborated in 2021 with Miriam Jakob and Jana Unmüßig who are on scholarship with Berlin Artistic Research on the performance Meandering nearby Breathing. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Forever | Dancer | [6] |
1999 | Losing Sleep | Choreographer and dancer | [7] [8] |
2010 | American Night | Choreographer | [9] |
2011 | Broke But Sexy | Herself | [2] [10] |
2012 | Virtuosi | Herself | [2] [11] |