Lise La Cour 
Choreographer

Ms. La Cour returns as choreographer for OSJ's 2010 - 2011 productions of Anna Karenina  and The Barber of Seville. Ms. La Cour has served as choreographer for many OSJ productions, including Manon, La Cenerentola, The Marriage of Figaro, La Rondine, Eugene Onegin, Carmen, and Lucia di Lammermoor.

Ms. La Cour served as Associate Ballet Director of the Royal Danish Ballet from 1988-1995 and has also worked for the Royal Danish Opera and as a freelance choreographer. She was made a Knight of The Order of Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in December of 1989.

Her extensive choreographic experience includes three ballets for the Royal Danish Ballet and five children’s ballets based on the Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales. Ms. La Cour is currently the director of Ballet San Jose's Ballet School.