Lisa Kusanagi, MFA
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Education & Training

Hollins University


Sonoma State University
Cypress College



M.F.A. in Dance
In collaboration with The Forsythe Company,
the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and the American Dance Festival
B.A. in Theatre Arts, emphasis in Dance
A.A. in General Studies


2014


2011
2009


Festival & Intensive
American Dance Festival
American Dance Festival Winter Intensive
Bates Dance Festival
2010, 2011, 2012, & 2013
2013 & 2014
2011
Modern / Contemporary
Jesse Zaritt
Mark Haim
Paul Matteson
Reggie Wilson
Brenda Daniels
Richard Chen-See
Kristen Daley
Kathleen Hermesdorf
Scott Wells
Ming-Lung Yang
Christine Cali
Annie Rosenthal-Parr
Suzanne Lappas
Nancy Lyons
Rodger Belman
HeJin Jang
Nicholas Leichter
John Jasperse
Lisa Race
Amanda Miller

Shen Wei Dance Arts & Inbal Pinto&Avshalom Pollak Dance
Mark Haim Dance and Theater
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group
Cunningham Technique
Paul Taylor Dance Company 
Doug Elkins & Friends
La-Alternativa
Scott Wells & Dancers
Trisha Brown Dance Company
CALI & CO
RoCo Dance
KUNST-STOFF arts




John Jasperse Company
David Dorfman Dance and Race Dance Co

Pretty Ugly Dance Company
Ballet
Ernesta Corvino

Andra Corvino
Shonach Mirk Robles

Douglas Becker
Maurya Kerr
Jennifer Jaffe
Jeffery N Bullock
Tetsutaro Shimizu
Yoko Morishita
Ballet Mistress of Pina Bausch/Tanztheater Wuppertal and
the Jose Limon Dance Company
The Juilliard School - on the faculty since 1995
Ballet of the 20th Century, Zurich Operhaus, Hamburg Ballet,
Ballet de Torino
Frankfurt Ballet under the direction of William Forsythe
Tinypistol
Smuin Ballet

Matsuyama Ballet Company
Matsuyama Ballet Company

Improvisation
/Contact Improvisation
Ishmael Houston-Jones
Yvonne Meier
Curt Haworth
Kathleen Hermesdorf
Scott Wells



La-Alternativa.us
Composition
Miguel Gutierrez
JoAnna Mendl Shaw
Ishmael Houston-Jones
Mark Haim
Kathleen Hermesdorf
Kristen Daley
Nancy Lyons
Miguel Gutierrez & The Powerful People
The Equus Projects / OnSite NYC

Mark Haim Dance and Theater
La-Alternativa.us
Hip Hop / Jazz-Funk
Nadine Ellis
Jennifer Archibald
Marie Hoffman
Chisa Honma
Hairspray (movie)-Dynamites, IronMan2 (movie)-Ironette Dancer
Arch Dance Company

Hula
Junko Wang
African / Afro-Caribbean 
Erin Landry
* Additional movement studies in yoga, pilates, somatic studies.

Special Skills

Administration
Public relations, community outreach, event management, marketing, advertising, fundraising, audience development, photography and editing, Photoshop, After Effects (Apple), iMovie, Garage Band, Microsoft Office, etc.
Theater
Bilingual (Japanese & English), acting, make-up design & application, costume design & construction, theatrical scenery construction, drawing, painting, etc.
Music
Read music, Japanese drums, piano, alto & soprano recorders, xylophone, metallophone, glockenspiel
Sports
Unicycle, stilts, roller blade, ice skate, ski, swimming, volleyball, badminton, etc
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