Lisa Lockwood

Originally from Los Angeles, Lisa was a member of American Ballet Theater for ten years where her most notable roles included the Cow Girl in Agnes De Mille's Rodeo and Amour in Baryshnikov's Don Quixote. While at Ballet Theatre she also danced solos by guest choreographers including George Balanchine, Paul Taylor Jerome Robbins, Anthony Tudor, Twyla Tharp and Kenneth MacMillan. Subsequently she became Principal Dancer with Eliot Feld Ballet. Guest artist appearances have included with Natalia Makarova in On Your Toes and as an original cast member of Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. She has taught at American Ballet Theater's school, at Stamford City Ballet's affiliated school and at the New Dance Group in New York City. She has also guest taught for summer programs including one for State Street Ballet in Santa Barbara, CA. BALLET Lisa's ballet class is greatly informed by the teaching of Maggie Black. It is intended for any student who has attained at least an intermediate level in ballet. Emphasis is placed on efficiency and also on how placement - the correct alignment of the skeletal frame assures safety when dancing. Class music is of upmost importance in this class, a variety of styles are played with strict attention paid to what is, and isn't musical.