Lisa Kipp Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Promoted to rehearsal director from ballet master in 2017. Oversee day-to-day operation of the artistic department of a mid-size metropolitan ballet company with an annual budget of $9 million. Responsibilities include.
• Create schedules for Marketing, Production and Artistic leaders based on production requirements and available resources for five annual productions, including George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, and other artist.
• Teach professional company daily class; teach all ages in the Oregon Ballet Theatre School and rehearse children in OBT productions
• Ensure compliance with American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and regulations
• Manage casting for all productions and performances
• Collaborate with choreographers and stagers in creating new ballets and staging existing repertory

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Responsible for creating ballet curriculum for children's-level classes. Supervised team of more than 10 employees, including ballet teachers and jazz dance teachers.
• Developed syllabus and curriculum for all children's levels in ballet department
• Trained in Vaganova syllabus to aid in developing sound curriculum
• Choreographed and produced multiple productions for the School of Spectrum DanceTheatre