Stephanie Lake
Dancer, Choreographer
Stephanie Lake was born in Saskatoon, Canada, raised in Tasmania, and is now based in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia. She has choreographed for over 25 years and founded Stephanie Lake Company in 2014. Lake was appointed Resident Choreographer of The Australian Ballet in 2024 and Artist in Residence of Semperoper Ballet, Dresden, in 2025.
Malthouse Theatre: VISTA, MONSTERS, SKELETON TREE, THE BLACK RIDER: THE CASTING OF THE MAGIC BULLETS, AWAY, CONNECTED, HUMAN INTEREST STORY AND LOVE ME.
Stephanie Lake Company: major works include THE CHRONICLES, MANIFESTO, COLOSSUS, PILE OF BONES and DOUBLE BLIND.
Other Dance: As Choreographer: CIRCLE ELECTRIC (The Australian Ballet) and various works with Beijing Dance Theater/LDTX, Chunky Move, Dancenorth, Expressions Dance Company, Frontier Danceland (Singapore), New Zealand Dance Company, Queensland Ballet, Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballett, Stompin, Sydney Dance Company and Tasdance, among others.
Awards: 2014 Helpmann Award winner for Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Work (A SMALL PROMETHEUS); 2011 Green Room Award winner for the Betty Pounder Award for Choreography (MIX TAPE); 2018 Australian Dance Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (PILE OF BONES); 2000 Green Room Award winner for Emerging Artist – Dance; Recipient of the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, the Chloe Munro Fellowship, the Dame Peggy Van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship, and an Australia Council Fellowship for Dance.
Stephanie currently sits on the Advisory Board for the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).
Headshot by Pedro Greig
Current as of June 2026.
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