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A native Southern Californian, Lisa Johnson began her ballet training in Long Beach. She went on to study under scholarship at the Marin Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, School of American Ballet and Canada's National Ballet School in Toronto.

As a young dancer, Ms. Johnson was awarded first place in the Marguerite A. Hoffman competition at UCLA and won a scholarship to the San Francisco Ballet School. After completing her senior year at the Orange County High School of the Arts, Ms. Johnson competed with a six-member American team at the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland and was a semi-finalist.

Ms. Johnson danced professionally with the Los Angeles Classical Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Feld Ballet, Ballet Chicago and John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet in Germany, and was principal guest artist with the Santa Barbara Ballet and Ballet Pacifica.

As a teacher in Southern California for the past ten years, Ms. Johnson has been on faculty at the California State University, Fullerton, Saint Joseph Ballet, Long Beach Ballet Arts Center, Southland Ballet Academy and Ballet Pacifica Academy. In addition to being on faculty at the Maple Conservatory of Dance, Ms. Johnson is also on faculty at OCHSA and is a lecturer in the Dance Department at California State University, Long Beach, teaching courses in ballet technique and pointe.