About Lisa Sandlos

Lisa Sandlos is a faculty member at York University in both the Department of Dance and the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences. She holds an M.A. in Dance from York University and certificates in Laban Movement Analysis from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS) and University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM). Sandlos is a Ph D candidate in the School of Women's Studies at York.

Sandlos has been an active member of Toronto's dance community for many years as an educator, choreographer, and performer. She is a graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and George Brown College's professional training program. Sandlos has danced in the work of Yuri Ng, Menaka Thakkar, Sylvie Bouchard, Eve Lenzner, David Earle, Newton Moraes, Michelle Silagy, Judith Miller, Janet Lemon, Maxine Heppner, Robert McCollum and Motus O Dance Theatre. Sandlos co-founded the group dance Continuum, which produced performances and workshops for both adults and children. Her independent choreography has been presented at the York Quay Centre at Harbourfront, Myth Productions, the 8:08 Series, the Hamilton Summer Dance Festival and in Miami, Florida.

Sandlos currently teaches modern dance technique and related subjects in the Department of Dance at York, as well as modern dance and Pilates in the School of Kinesiology. She has taught modern dance and creative movement to all ages and levels, working extensively in the public schools through the Ontario Arts Council's Artists in Education program, the National Ballet of Canada's Creating Dances program, and Learning Through The Arts. She has worked as a senior instructor of Pilates and Bartenieff Fundamentals at Second Wind Studios and Riverdale Fitness Mill. Sandlos is the founder of Modern Movement, a unique dance and movement program for adults of all levels of experience and ability. She was also the founding director of The Young Contemporary Dancers of Toronto and a board member of the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists (CADA).

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