Choreographers’ Lab 2026

LISA KAREN COX is a Director, Movement Director and Intimacy Director dedicated to the intersection of truth, physical storytelling, the body and intimacy. With a career spanning over two decades, she crafts bold, physically charged narratives that prioritize both artistic excellence and performer agency. As a specialist in intimacy and movement, Lisa brings a rare precision to the stage, navigating complex character dynamics with a focus on performer autonomy, consent, and embodied narrative clarity. Her work is defined by its ability to translate deep internal stakes and story into visceral, embodied action, ensuring that every movement serves the narrative while maintaining a brave, safe and professional creative environment. Lisa’s raw and sophisticated approach has been felt at many of the country’s leading artistic institutions, including past work with Obsidian Theatre (How to Catch Creation [with Nightwood/Soulpepper], Flex [with Crow’s], a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) and 21 Black Futures, Nightwood Theatre (Now You See Her, Bear with Me, and Enormity), Tarragon Theatre (Post-Democracy) and Soulpepper (Table for Two, 1851: Spirit & Voice, and Strange Loop). Whether she is staging intricate physical sequences or directing multidisciplinary productions, she remains at the forefront of contemporary practice, shaping a theatrical landscape that is as physically daring as it is ethically grounded.