Lisa Densem

{{Short description|Choreographer from New Zealand}} {{Infobox person | name = Lisa Densem | image =Lisa Densem (48934668553) (cropped).jpg | caption = Densem at Re:publica Portland 2019 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | occupation = {{hlist|Choreographer|Dancer}} | other_names = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} alt=3/4 headshot of Lisa with headphone mic. She has short hair. An out-of-focus figure is in the background. |thumb|Lisa Densem in 2019 '''Lisa Densem''' (born 1965) is a New Zealand choreographer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-03-03|title=Radio NZ interview with Lisa Densem – Arts on Sunday|url=https://footnote.org.nz/radio-nz-interview-with-lisa-densem-arts-on-sunday/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Footnote New Zealand Dance|language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Densem, Lisa, 1965?-|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22461869|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Densem, Lisa, 1965?- {{!}} Items {{!}} National Library of New Zealand {{!}} National Library of New Zealand|language=en}}</ref>

== Biography == Densem grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her father, John Densem, was a composer and musician.<ref name=":1" /> She trained at New Zealand School of Dance in 1985 and 1986.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The brain behind the movement|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/the-brain-behind-the-movement/TDWLLM3Z5IZTWMXR5PTWAZ6OUM/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=NZ Herald|language=en-NZ}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> She remained with the company until 2004, when she became a freelance performer and choreographer.<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Lisa Densem, Berlin, Germany|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/bulletin/198/lisa-densem-berlin-germany|access-date=2021-06-26|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz}}</ref>

Densem collaborated in 2021 with Miriam Jakob and Jana Unmüßig who are on scholarship with Berlin Artistic Research on the performance ''Meandering nearby Breathing.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Meandering nearby Breathing by Miriam Jakob and Jana Unmüßig with Lisa Densem|url=https://kuenstlerischeforschung.berlin/events/meandering-nearby-breathing-by-miriam-jakob-and-jana-unmuessig-with-lisa-densem/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Künstlerischeforschung Berliner Förderprogramm|language=de-DE}}</ref>

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1994 |''Forever'' |Dancer |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forever (1994)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7dcc9f95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307122236/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7dcc9f95|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2021|access-date=2021-06-29|website=BFI|language=en}}</ref> |- |1999 |''Losing Sleep'' |Choreographer and dancer |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Losing Sleep|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/losing-sleep|access-date=2021-06-26|website=New Zealand Film Commission|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Neil Pardington - Filmography|url=http://www.neilpardington.com/information/filmography|access-date=2021-06-29|website=www.neilpardington.com}}</ref> |- |2010 |''American Night'' |Choreographer |<ref>{{Cite web|title=American Night (2010)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4de8c5279b2b3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228105955/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4de8c5279b2b3|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2021|access-date=2021-06-29|website=BFI|language=en}}</ref> |- |2011 |''Broke But Sexy'' |Herself |<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-12-14|title=Broke but sexy|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/stories/media-releases/202386-broke-but-sexy|access-date=2021-06-29|website=The Big Idea|language=en}}</ref> |- |2012 |''Virtuosi'' |Herself |<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=VIRTUOSI - NZ dancers in their element, writ large|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=5952|access-date=2021-06-29|website=www.theatreview.org.nz}}</ref> |}

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