THE TEAM

THE TEAM

Studio1 is a space to facilitate the nexus of artists - events - community and our team reflects the required skills and knowledge to support this gathering. Drawing on core skills of Creative Leadership, Events Producing and Education, alongside external clients delivering specialist knowledge, Studio1 can respond to the needs of our community with nuance, finesse and bespoke care.

Lisa Bio

Lisa Wilson

DIRECTOR

Lisa Wilson is an award-winning dance artist with an international career as director, choreographer, producer, performer, educator and mentor. Her body of work moves across genres having created for theatre companies, opera, large-scale installation work, poly-media performances, company commissions and full- length independent work.


  • Lisa’s choreographic credits range from critically acclaimed full-length independent works, to works for - The Australian Ballet Company, Sydney Dance Company, Queensland Ballet, Expressions Dance Company, Opera Queensland, Dance North, Queensland Theatre Company, The Place Theatre ‘Resolution!’ (UK), to name a few.

    Lisa’s work has been nominated in numerous critics’ choice awards; was a finalist at The Helpmann and Australian Dance awards; has toured nationally in Australia to critical acclaim and showcased at national performing arts markets. As a choreographer Lisa has been awarded numerous fellowships, grants and residencies both in Australia and internationally, including the prestigious Hephzibah Tintner Choreographic Fellowship in 2011. Lisa continues to develop new Australian work and is a supported artist by Metro Arts producing services.

    Lisa has also been a leading, professional contemporary dancer and from 1995-2012 collaborated and performed for prominent choreographers and companies throughout Australia and the United Kingdom, appearing in Arts Festivals and venues worldwide in Japan, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, Singapore, China, Germany, Mexico, New Caledonia and the U.S.A.

    As a prominent figure in the Australian dance sector Lisa has : initiated programs such as Elevate, a pre-professional/emerging artist transition program ; lectured on faculty for over a decade at QUT Dance; been a peer assessor for The Australia Council for the Arts; an original board member of The Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance and board member of Ausdance Qld, providing dance expertise and representing the interests of dance artists at a governance level.

    In 2016 Lisa opened the Studio - Dance and Arts inspired by creating a dance and arts studio that valued individuality, community, creativity and artistry. Her passion was to see the Studio develop as a wholistic dance studio, supporting excellence alongside inclusivity, and growing the school to develop into a larger creative hub. Studio 1 is the culmination of this - a two-studio micro dance precinct engaging and connecting community and events, as part of a multi-use space.

    www.lisawilson.com.au

Maisie Crosdale

PRODUCER

Graduating from QUT with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) with Distinction, Maisie Crosdale (she/her) is a Meanjin based Theatre-Maker, Producer, Facilitator and Performer. Maisie has a background in classical ballet and contemporary dance, training at Dance Central Toowoomba, and is exploring the synergy between movement and storytelling —namely through Physical Theatre and Visual Theatre. Maisie is currently training with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Company, working as a the Company’s Producer and in 2022 completed the company’s internationally renowned Creative Internship Programme.

  • In 2022, Maisie produced and performed a new work in Brisbane and Moreton Bay’s Anywhere Festival, titled A Matter of Material – a non-verbal Puppetry and Object Theatre work focusing on sustainability and environmental conservation, which received the 2022 Queensland Communify Award. Maisie also worked with Dead Puppet Society in their 2022 Academy, Lab Programme - working with BLAT Productions as Movement Director and Puppeteer to curate a work titled Ta-Da!, which debuted at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

    Maisie’s recent credits include: 2024 Creative Producer, Kitchen Studio by Elizabeth Willing, Metro Arts and Brisbane Festival, Company Producer, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre 2023 SKELTER Dir. Gina Tay Limpus, Zen Zen Zo, Object Collective, Woodford Folk Festival, Stone the Crows, Debacle, Backbone Festival 2022 REBIRTH as Performer and Devisor (Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre, Dir. Gina Tay Limpus), Ta- Da! As Movement Director and Puppeteer (BLAT Productions & Dead Puppet’s Society, Dir. Victoria Barnes), Romeo & Juliet Australian School Tour (Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre, School Tour, Dir. Drew Der Kinderen), Club Extimacy as Swing Performer (The Black Box Collective & Backdock Arts, Dir. Chelsea August), A Matter of Material as Producer and Puppeteer (Brisbane and Moreton Bay Anywhere Festival 2022 & Potentia Festival, QUT, 2021)