Lisa Fagan

Y’AAAAAAAALLLLL I am so exciters to introduce our coven for ‘the Bergman/Lansbury Test 2, starting with this cerrrr-teeee-fiable GENIUS who’s coming in to help steer this wacky ship! LISA FAGAN (she/her/hers) is a choreographer, performer, and theater maker based in NYC whose work has been dubbed “The High Weird” by critics. Recent work: Friday Night Rat Catchers (with collaborator Lena Engelstein; Under the Radar / LiveArtery 2026, New York Live Arts Spring 2025), Deepe Darknesse (New York Live Arts’ Live Artery 2024; June 2023 at The Collapsable Hole; Nationally in DC, SF), 1-800-3592-113592 (March 2024 with performance collective CHILD), and many more. She and Engelstein are recipients of the 2025 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists in Dance. She is currently on the faculty of the Bard College dance department and teaches dance technique and composition. @lfdanceproblems

TIX RUNNING OUT! Having the time of my life with @missmayabee @breaderthanyours @maryfeaster1159 @bsbbrooks singin some Tom Waits while Jeremy Irons and Ben Folds Come see us in THE BERGMAN LANSBURY TEST 2. Tix running out! Link in bio!

From @offerings_series earlier this spring when @lenaengelstein and I nearly lost our minds trying to say “ham” with a straight face. Somethings simply can’t be done. Photo by the genius @wlodarczyk

link in bio! Tix a go go!

Tix are limited and tix are live! Link! In! Bio!

Happy Saturday 🤍 Please enjoy some recent press! We’re so grateful to everyone who continues to show up and engage with our work. Big thanks and congratulations to all of the artists ✨ Cover images top to bottom: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company; “Collage Revisited” (Home Season, Live Artery 2026) Ruth Childs; “fantasia” (Live Artery 2026) Photos by Maria Baranova  @photo_by_baranova #newyorklivearts #billtjones #dancetheater #billtjonesarniezanecompany #pressroundup

Scene’s from @lenaengelstein + @lfdanceproblems performing at Offerings last week 🥸🫠🤠 Thanks for their brilliance and to everyone who came out! Next up: Friday, April 17 with Garrett Allen / Justin Cabrillos / Moriah Evans 🌀 Get ur tix now at the link in bio 💌 Photos by @wlodarczyk 🩵

March’s #MidnightMoment ‘Bod’ by artists Daisy Collingridge [@daisy_collingridge ] and Isabel Garrett [@isabelamelia.garrett ] illuminates Times Square every night from 11:57pm to Midnight through March 31 📺 Presented by Times Square Arts [@tsqarts ] and guest curated by Damian Bradfield [@djbradfield ] 🌟 Last Friday’s Midnight Moment had an incredible performance piece choreographed by Lena Engelstein [@lenaengelstein ] 🛋️ #TimesSquare #TimesSquareArts #PublicArt #NYC

Make movement that speaks for itself. Physical Performance Practices with Lisa Fagan July 12-18 Theater and performance makers often think of movement in terms of “5, 6, 7, 8.” This workshop invites you to explore how you move in a far more expansive sense. Using scores, prompts, and compositional experiments, you will get deep into your body, unlocking its potential as sources of unique, unbridled creativity. At the core of this workshop is a commitment to finding curiosity, rigor, and joy in the body, so that you can develop, probe, and stretch theatrical ideas. Each day begins with a rigorous warm-up, and then the stage is set for a variety of exercises on your feet, as well as group discussions and reflections. You will have ample opportunity to generate new material—both individually and as a hydra-headed collaborative ensemble—as well as the chance to share work-in-progress. You may sweat! You may get tired! You may find yourself doing things you’ve never done before! We will work and rest—and hydrate—and have an extremely weird fun time. The beauty of a physical performance practice is that it makes space for extreme levels of play, failure, openness, and camaraderie. Prior training in physical theater or dance is not required. Comfort with exertion and risk-taking, however, is vital.

*~*~* OFFERINGS 3/13 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT *~*~* 🌀Lena Engelstein and Lisa Fagan 🌀 @lenaengelstein + @lfdanceproblems Lena Engelstein and Lisa Fagan are NYC-based experimental choreographer-performers whose work has been dubbed “The High Weird” by critics. Since 2017, they’ve functioned as a cogenerative, circulatory idea machine, whose unconventional performative frameworks reimagine what choreography can be used to accomplish theatrically. Recent work includes: This Could Be You (Sugar! Sugar! Festival, Domino Square Park 2025), Friday Night Rat Catchers (Under the Radar / LiveArtery 2026, New York Live Arts Spring 2025), Deepe Darknesse (New York Live Arts’ Live Artery 2024; full-page review in The New York Times; June 2023 at The Collapsable Hole; Nationally in DC, SF), 1-800-3592-113592 (MITU580 2024, with performance collective CHILD), and many more short works and experimentations. The duo received the 2025 Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) Grants to Artists in Choreography. Their work has been supported by Baryshnikov Arts Center (2023 BAC Open), NYSCA Individual artists grant, The FCA, Coffey Street, Mercury Store, and others. 🌀 Where: Church of St Mary the Virgin / 145 W 46th St When: Friday March 13th / Doors at 7 pm, Shows at 7:30 pm 🌀 Tickets in bio and at the door 🌀 Design by @studio.mnjnk Photo by @photo_by_baranova

A selection of photos from great productions I was lucky to work on this Jan+Feb // IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: supported @jianjungnyc as codesigner on Friday night rat catcher by @lfdanceproblems at @nylivearts // made some props for a showing at @dancelab.nyc by @briangolden13 // designed sets for PANICMOM by @liannesouki and for SCARECROW at the tank by @mark.bankin // designed sets and clothes for SALOME (the play) at @paikkamn directed by @gnsorenson // and finally did a set for HOT L BALTIMORE at NYU ETW directed by Kenneth Noel Mitchell //

Wanting to refresh your creative process? Check out these workshops that can help bust open your process, give you the tools to fight writer’s block, and discover new ways of inventing original material! Find your creative process R&R at: Devising with Davis Robinson, Mike Iveson, and Tina Satter, June 21–27 Viewpoints, Suzuki, and Composition with Ellen Lauren & J.Ed Araiza, July 5–11 Physical Performance Practices with Lisa Fagan, July 12–18 Dirt, Decay, and Decomposition Laboratory with Alex Tatarsky, July 19–25 Be sure to use our early bird discount of 10% before April 1!