lisa nevada (b. New México)

lisa’s choreographies and teaching are an homage to the generosity & wisdom of our earth mother. Dedicating her life to dance, lisa has created Land-based choreographies and teaching methodologies on the Mesas, in the Bosque, within the Mountains, and amidst the Volcanoes in her homelands of New México where she spent most of her life. Now based in New York City since 2019, lisa thrives as a dance and teaching artist, sharing her proficiency with a range of ages and audiences. In Lenapehoking (NYC) and beyond, she facilitates movement experiences and performs dances that engage people in the observation of ecosystems and our human interactions to ignite kinship with mama earth, centered on gratitude. She has devised and instructed for the land, the concert stage and numerous “non-traditional” venues in New México, New York, Montréal, Vermont, South Dakota, Colorado, and Kansas. She choreographs for experimental theatre & musicals and is continuously mining her personal creations and offerings. 

lisa teaches for The Paul Taylor Dance Foundation at the Taylor Center for Dance Education (NYC), is an ensemble member and the Projects and Partnerships Coordinator for Dancing Legacy (PVD), and a member of Radical Evolution’s Street Theatre Crew (NYC). She received her MFA in Dance from the University of New Mexico in 2015 with concentrations in Land-based choreography and performance, embodied dance history, and teaching. lisa is a board member for the John Donald Robb Musical Trust at the University of New Mexico and chairs the Performance/Education committee and is the Artistic Director and chair for ¡Música del Corazón!