Lisa Densem

Densem grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her father, John Densem, was a composer and musician.^[2] She trained at New Zealand School of Dance in 1985 and 1986.^[3] In 1998 she received a Creative New Zealand scholarship to study in New York and in 1999 she moved to Berlin, Germany, to work with the German dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests run by Sasha Waltz.^[3][4] She remained with the company until 2004, when she became a freelance performer and choreographer.^[3]

In 2013 Densem returned to New Zealand to create a new dance work for Footnote Dance; she also created No Such Place for Footnote in 2005.^[3][4]

Densem collaborated in 2021 with Miriam Jakob and Jana Unmüßig who are on scholarship with Berlin Artistic Research on the performance Meandering nearby Breathing.^[5]