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Get an inside look from choreographer and performer Lisa La Touche\u2019s creative process for her upcoming event, here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Connections<\/strong><\/em> celebrates the many ways rising dance and performance artists have been supported and influenced by other artists they respect as past or present teachers, mentors or exemplars of the best in their field. Each program features a look at new or developing work as well as conversation or storytelling about the human connections that drive the creative spirit.<\/p>\n This evening will check in with dancemaker Lisa La Touche and curator Kazunori Kumagai, two exciting artists from the world of tap.<\/p>\n In her new solo, shot outdoors in the Canadian Rockies, Lisa La Touche will be sharing a narrative of her recent discoveries of African American Ancestors who cultivated this land and who also taught their children the future and traditions of tap dance and show-biz. Her work is part improvisational and part compositional (choreographed) all with tap dance. As a proud Canadian and New Yorker, Lisa\u2019s credits are world renowned. She was an original cast member in Broadway\u2019s Shuffle Along, choreographed by Savion Glover and directed by George C. Wolfe, where she received both the Fred Astaire Award and the Actor\u2019s Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Her TV credits include the 70th Annual Tony Awards and Amazon\u2019s Original \u201cZ, The beginning of everything\u201d. Previous highlights have also included touring with the Savion Glover production, Stepz, and also performing with both New York’s Off-Broadway and the North American touring casts of STOMP. Since 2010 she has run her own performance company Tap Phonics and has been commissioned to present for such organizations such as The Brooklyn Museum, 92Y and Fall For Dance North. As an educator and Professor she has taught for PACE University, NYU, The School of Jacob\u2019s Pillow, University of Calgary, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Rosie\u2019s Theater Kids and member of the creative council for the American Tap Dance Foundation. Above all, her proudest achievement greatest inspiration is the gift of being a mom.<\/p>\nTRAX<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\nShe will also be re-presenting as a US debut her recent work, ‘Fool’s Gold’ talking about the parallels of the mineral Pyrite. People were fooled to think it was gold (meaning that they never gave it any value), yet it shines through tests of time and becomes a marvel for any onlooker. It reminders Lisa of the resiliency of her ancestors and perhaps a time to change that perspective on what Gold really is. “Cool down Fool… we’ve BEEN Gold”.<\/p>\nAbout Lisa La Touche (artist)<\/strong><\/h5>\n