Precision Dance Collective

A New Yorker of Canadian and Trinidadian ancestry, Lisa La Touche is a Tap Dance artist, choreographer, educator, and cultural historian whose work bridges performance, research, and Black history. Her Broadway credits include Shuffle Along, choreographed by Savion Glover and directed by George C. Wolfe, for which both the Fred Astaire Award and the Actors’ Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus were received. She is a former “Armstrong Now” Artist in Residence with the Louis Armstrong House and Museum and a current research fellow with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.

Lisa’s creativity and research centers on lineage and folklore, including her ongoing project “Trinidad & Tap Dance: As Folklore,” developed in collaboration with Etienne Charles. Her television credits include the 70th Annual Tony Awards and Amazon’s Z: The Beginning of Everything. Performance highlights include touring with Savion Glover’s Stepz, appearances at Harlem’s Cotton Club with Dormeshia, and performances with STOMP both Off-Broadway and on its North American tour.

Since 2010, she has directed her own company, Tap Phonics, and has been commissioned by institutions such as the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Brooklyn Museum, 92Y, Gibney Dance, Jazz Power Initiative, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, and more. As an accomplished educator, she works with Apollo Education and serves on faculty at PACE University and Marymount Manhattan College, with prior teaching appointments at NYU, Jacob’s Pillow, the University of Calgary, and the American Tap Dance Foundation.

As a writer and director, she has collaborated on documentary projects including her film TRAX, exploring African American migration to western Canada. Above all, her greatest inspiration is being a mother.
www.lisalatouche.com

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