Born in Montréal, Liz grew up in Toronto and attended The Ontario College of Art, where she graduated in sculpture. The next year she followed her family back to Québec and enrolled in a M.F.A. program at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia).

Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator, and speaker whose dance/theater works have been seen both throughout the United States and abroad.  Her work ranges from abstract, to personal, to political, and her creative process focuses on research and collaboration with da