| The SISU team continues to grow. . . Meet Choreographer and Youth Ensemble Leader, Lisa Yanofsky! Lisa joined us in the rehearsal room for the first time tonight and taught the cast simple movements and gestures that will be used as part of the opening prologue and other choral moments in the play. It's all about hearts, hands, and heads! Please take a moment to read more about Lisa below! -PC |  |
Lisa Yanofsky is a freelance choreographer, director, performer and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. She has choreographed and directed over 20 performances including musicals, devised theater, opera and concert dance. She has performed and choreographed across the Midwest and Northeast United States and in Italy, Austria, The Czech Republic and Germany. Lisa is an active teaching artist and currently serves as the Director of Education and Outreach at Cleveland Opera Theater and a Teaching Artist at the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning in Cleveland, Ohio. She recently completed her Ed.M. in Art in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she was chosen to be an Artist in Residence at Harvard's Project Zero. Lisa holds a B.A. in Art History and Dance from Oberlin College and a B.M. in Vocal Performance and Embodying Performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
ThrEe QuestionsWhere is your family from? I grew up in Boston but my father's side of the family is from Russia and my mother's side is from Ireland Do you have any family legends or mysteries? |  |
We don't have any legends or mysteries that I know of but we do tell the story of my family's escape from Russia and journey to the United States quite often. We also share the romance stories of the various couples in the family and those seem to become more fantastical and legendary as the years go by.
Describe a time that you did or did not want to leave home.
When I was seven my grandparents passed away and after a lot of agonizing my parents sold their house. Even though I was returning to my house, leaving my grandparents' home for the last time felt like leaving my own home. I've always thought about going back and knocking on the door to meet the people who call that house home now.
Describe a time that you did or did not want to leave home.
When I was seven my grandparents passed away and after a lot of agonizing my parents sold their house. Even though I was returning to my house, leaving my grandparents' home for the last time felt like leaving my own home. I've always thought about going back and knocking on the door to meet the people who call that house home now.
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