LISA LA TOUCHE

From both Alberta and New York, Lisa’s credits include: Broadway’s Shuffle Along, recipient of the Fred Astaire Award and the Actor’s Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus, touring with Savion Glover and the cast of STOMP. She is the Founder of Tap Phonics; tap dance based performance and production company. She is an educator/professor and co-curator of Dance Immersion’s Tap Dance Legacy Series with Travis Knights servicing black communities with free access to cultural history. She is also a filmmaker recently debuting TRAX encompassing her journey back to Alberta while discovering important local black history. To learn more visit: www.lisalatouche.com

Click play below to hear Artistic Director Kimberley Cooper interview Lisa about her creative process for Family of Jazz.