Lisa Welham

Short Biography

Lisa was born Hull East Yorkshire in 1982 and for many years studied Ballroom and Latin American dance. At 16, Lisa went to The Northern School of Contemporary Dance, graduating in 2002 with a First and the Armees prize for overall highest degree mark. She performed the school`s Verve both in the UK and Germany. In 2002, Lisa joined the Phoenix Dance Theater performing and working extensively in the Uk, New York, Greece and Portugal for over five years. In 2007, Lisa joined the Henri Oguike Dance Company where she toured the UK and international festivals for a season, In the summers of 2004-2006 and 1008 she worked with various choreographers on the Rosa project including Douglas Thorpe and Andile Sotiya. She has also worked as a freelance dancer working with the White Group in the Edinbrugh and as an aerialist on a Micha Berges production in Hamberg in 2003. Lisas other interests lie in Salsa, Samba, and other Latin American partner dances. She is very excited to be working with WDPM on their next project.