Samantha Lysaght is a Brooklyn (Lenapehoking)-based dance and movement artist. She creates work to remain in prayer and remember what is most sacred as we witness societal and environmental destruction. Samantha’s work has been performed at Abrons Art Center, Gibney, The Dance Complex, and Southern Vermont Dance Festival. She collaborates, choreographs and performs with Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson, their work most recently presented at Harlem Stage, Movement Research at the Judson Church, The Park Armory, and Mabou Mines. Samantha is currently developing and performing in a new work directed by Daria Fain. She is a student at The School of 3 Lights, guided by her teacher Laura Stelmok. In the past, she collaborated with Millie Heckler as a Gibney Work Up artist. She has danced for loveconductors, Abby Z and the New Utility, Erika Randall, Gesel Mason, and Rachel Oliver Young. She is grateful for her teachers Daria Fain and Cricket Colter.
