Biography

Lisa Stevens is an international, emmy award nominated choreographer/director with credits spanning the globe. She was inducted into UNESCO'S CID, (Couseil International de la Danse) the official umbrella organization which recognizes the most prominent Federations, Organizations and selected individuals in all forms of dance worldwide.

She has an Emmy Award nomination for her choreography on the film Dreaming Of A Jewish Christmas, and has also been recognized by the Broadway World Awards for her work on (West Side Story, The Witches of Eastwick, Mary Poppins, and Spamalot); received a NYMF Award of Excellence (Common Grounds); Ovation Awards for (Xanadu, Spamalot, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels); 17 nominations by the Canadian Theater Critics Awards (Mary Poppins); Betty Mitchell Awards (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Anne of Green Gables, and Cats); Jessie Richardson Awards (Fiddler on the Roof, Hello Dolly!); and most notably, was Associate Choreographer on the West End production of Bombay Dreams, when it received an Olivier Award for Best Choreography. The show also received a Tony nod for it's Broadway run. Most recently you can see Lisa on Disney Plus's series Encore!, the High School Musical episode.

Following Broadway, Lisa choreographed the U.S. Tour of Bombay Dreams then spent the next 6 years with Disney Theatrical choreographing the World Premiere, and subsequent companies, of the enormously successful Disney's High School Musical. Disney's HSM 2 was to follow with companies in both the U.S. and U.K.. Dolly Parton's musical adaptation of 9 TO 5 came soon afterwards with tours in both the U.K. and U.S. Presently, Lisa has Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 playing in London's West End, with Australian and South African companies coming soon.

Regionally there have a diversity of musicals ranging from new works, to workshops and reinventions all exhibiting Lisa's broad spectrum of genre and style. New works include a boxing musical aptly named Cutman (Goodspeed, CT), First Wives Club (The Old Globe, San Diego), Oswald (NYC) the world premiere of Nicholas Lloyd Webber's The Little Prince, as Guys & Dolls, Grease, Footloose, and Executive Decision, all of which she both Directed and Choreographed. Lisa has also served as Director/Choreographer for the Victory Ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Artistic Director of the National Artists Program for the Canada Games, has written and directed two Bollywood musicals "Tauba Tauba" and "Shakalaka Bombay", and choreographed/directed the Smash Hit Award performances in London for Artist Of The Year.

As a performer, Lisa was in the original West End cast of Chicago, as well as D.C. and Associate Choreographer for the West End/Broadway companies of Bombay Dreams. She is prominently featured in the films Phantom of the Opera and Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and danced/sang 5 seasons on the BBC series "Star For A Night". As an actress Lisa co-starred in the films Rumble In The Bronx and Blood Ring 2. Her favorite achievement thus far was performing for Her Majesty The Queen at the Palace Theater in England.

- IMDb mini biography by: da Costa Website