Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Lou Fancher - Season 5, Episode 65

Lou Fancher is a freelance choreographer, ballet master and
teacher working in the Bay area since 2005. Most recently the
Rehearsal Director for Dancing People Company in Ashland, Oregon,
Lou for nearly three decades has been the Ballet Master/Rehearsal
Director for contemporary dance companies and independent
choreographers in the U.S. and Canada. Among the companies are
Company C Contemporary Ballet, James Sewell Ballet, and the
Alberta Ballet. She has staged and/or rehearsed the works of
dozens of choreographers including Twyla Tharp, Anthony Tudor,
Paul Taylor, Lynne Taylor Corbett, Crystal Pite, Mark Godden,
George Balanchine, Peter Pucci, David Parsons, John Butler, Igal
Perry, Daniel Ezralow, Ralph Lemon, Doug Elkins, Viola Farber,
Merce Cunningham, David Dorfman, Donna Uchizono, Dan Wagoner,
Bill T. Jones, Wil Swanson, Margie Jenkins, Brian MacDonald, Jose
Limon and others.

Lou holds a BFA in dance from the University of Cincinnati and as
a choreographer has created ballets for James Sewell Ballet,
Alberta Ballet Apprentice Ensemble, Theatre Ballet of Spokane,
Ballet Pacifica, and New York Theatre Ballet. During the 18 years
Lou was a resident of Minneapolis, her work was presented by the
Minnesota Dance Alliance, Ballet Arts Minnesota, and others.
She  twice participated in The Carlisle Project, a no-longer
operating national program designed to assist the artistic growth
of choreographers. A published author and journalist, Lou writes
locally for East Bay Times, Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury
News, East Bay Express, San Francisco Classical Voice, 48 Hills,
wired.com, and other Bay Area publications. She is the author of
two original children’s books and has designed and illustrated
over 60 picture books. You may visit her website online at
www.johnsonandfancher.com