Lisa Gelley

Lisa Mariko Gelley (she / her) is an artist and mother, dedicated to sharing experiences through dance and art, and across generations.  She is a mixed-race settler of Japanese and European descent, living and working on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Lisa is Artistic Co-Director of Company 605, a contemporary dance company in Vancouver, creating original works and projects through collaboration. Lisa is the recipient of the 2015 Vancouver International Dance Festival Choreographic Award, and the co-recipient, alongside Josh Martin, of the 2024 Lola Award.