Choreographers

Lula Washington

Founder/Artistic Director
Primary choreographer – 1979 to present

Tamica Washington-Miller

Associate Director / Resident choreographer

Christopher Huggins

Guest Choreographer, Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT)

“Love Is…” LWDT 30th Anniversary (2010)
“To Lula With Love / Warrior” LWDT 40th Anniversary (2020)
Winner, the prestigious 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography

Tommie Waheed Evans

Guest Choreographer, Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT)

“Hands Up, A Testimony” LWDT 40th Anniversary (2020)
Photo by Kevin Parry, Annenberg Performing Arts Center

Winner, prestigious 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography
Winner, 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Choreography Honorarium

Esie Mensah

Guest Choreographer, Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT)

“Zayo” LWDT 40th Anniversary (2020)

Kyle Abraham

Guest Choreographer, Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT)

“Hallowed” LWDT Premiere (2018)

Gaspard Louis

Guest Choreographer, Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT)

“Magical Cusp” LWDT Premiere (2017)