Biography
Born in New York City, Lindsay
Fisher came to Toronto in 1974 to study at Canada’s National Ballet
School. After graduating
in 1978, he went to Europe, joining the Companhia Nacional de Bailado in Lisbon
and then the Dutch National Ballet where he was a Principal Dancer. In 1987, he
returned to North America to join New York
City Ballet as a Principal Dancer. He performed as a guest artist with some of
the most eminent ballerinas of the era, including Margaret Barbieri, Cynthia
Gregory and Evelyn Hart.
After retiring from the stage, Mr. Fischer joined Canada’s National Ballet
School where, in addition
to teaching, he developed a structure to guide the school’s graduates through
the transition from school and graduation to professional employment. This led
to the creation of the Post-Secondary and the Dancer Career Planning Programmes
at the school, both of which Mr. Fischer managed until 2007. In 2008, Mr.
Fischer was appointed Director of the Professional Summer Dance Program at The
Banff Centre in Alberta.
Mr. Fischer has created works for Canada’s
National Ballet School
students and has overseen the production of works by such notable
choreographers as George Balanchine, Rudi van Dantzig, James Kudelka, Peggy
Baker, Christopher House and Toer van Schayk. As well, he has staged works for
and been a guest ballet master with companies in Canada and abroad. He was a guest
répétiteur for The National Ballet of Canada from 1997 to 2007 and was
appointed Ballet Master with the company in 2007. In 2011, he restaged Don Quixote for the National Ballet. Mr.
Fischer is currently the Artistic Director of YOU Dance, the National Ballet’s
outreach programme focused on introducing young people to the world of dance
and ballet.