About Lizz

Artistic Director of LIZZ ROMAN & DANCERS (LR&D) has been a dancer and choreographer in San Francisco since 1984.

“The dance is the sum of the journey we take through a site,” states Roman. "In the words of LeCorbusier, 'To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.' I seek guidance from each building I collaborate with. I create a visual history of our physical journey through that space that becomes a dance. It is driven mainly by the architecture of the space.”

Roman and her company have been making dances in San Francisco's dance spaces, local theaters, and outdoor festivals since 1995. The work has been described by critics as “Eloquent”, “Breathtaking”, “Provocative”, and “Captivating.” LR&D are best known for their trademark expansive dances that spring, roll, and fly through buildings, resulting in an Isasdora Duncan Dance Award (IZZIE) for outstanding choreography in 2013 for DEEPER: Architectural Meditation at CounterPulse (2012), and 2018 for Sunset Dances Architectural Meditations II. The company has developed innovative site-specific techniques to work in unique and commonplace locations with a variety of multi-media collaborators and scenic elements.

The SF Butoh Festival and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival commissioned Roman to create a site-specific dance, which premiered at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2004 and remounted in 2005. In 1998, Roman and filmmaker Kevin Cunningham received the SF WEEKLY Black Box Award for Cross-Genre Performance for "IN HER DREAMS."

A Preview with Lizz

Watch the East Bay Express interview with Lizz for a preview of This Beautiful Space "DANCING@CIVICORPS”

Dance with Lizz

Join Lizz on Saturdays at ODC Dance Commons for her fast-paced and athletically challenging class. Register