Lindsay Clipner comes from a vibrant background in media arts and dance. She has been a director, creative producer & photographer. She captures and creates for stunning dancers from Ailey, Parsons, SFDanceworks, Owen Cox Dance Group, Boston Ballet School, Julliard, among others. Her dance film work has been shown internationally and has filmed recently at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
With a background in fashion & commercial production, she has travelled internationally with Patrick Demarchelier for many brands & publications and was cast alongside Demarchelier in the Miramax SATC film. She served as film production coordinator with director Stephane Sednaoui (videos REM, Bjork, U2) in New York where she choreographed and performed for Vogue Italia. She has been a part of productions for Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair, BCBG, ETRO, RH, Google, GAP, Banana Republic, Kodak, Esquire, Target, Cover Girl, among others — as well with figures like Bono, Sara Jessica Parker, Susan Sarandon, Steven Colbert, Kristen Chenoweth, Ailey dancers and other colorful artists. She has co-produced for Turner Broadcast with Reggie Watts. She produced for Sandbox Studio / Creative Drive in San Francisco and currently for GYPSY Creative.
Lindsay was a ballet & modern dance major at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. She’s been fortunate to perform works by Jimmy Orrante, William Gordon, Sean France, Lisa Catrett-Belrose, Linda Graham, Melanie Brossiet, Kraig ‘Bopi’ Patterson, among other gifted choreographers. She studied at the Merce Cunningham Institute, ADF at Duke University, SEAD Experimental Dance in Salzburg, Austria, and all over New York. She studied with incredible mentors such as Geri Houlihan, Nicholas Leichter, Earl Moseley, Milton Myers, Kenny Larson and Twyla Tharp. She has taught at Marin School of the Arts & RoCo Dance in the SF Bay Area. She served as managing director for SFDanceworks for its 5th season and welcomed works by Yin Yue, Dani Rowe, Laura O'Malley, Edward Clug & Martha Graham.
Lindsay founded RISE ARTS Academy, offering podcasting, dance, theatre, comedy & cirque arts programming for kids with teaching artists from Cirque du Soleil, HBO, Ailey and other vibrant platforms.
As well, she is the founder and artistic director of RISE ARTS, curating multidisciplinary arts projects and providing community educational programs in visual, media & performing arts. She is currently collaborating with the Merce Cunningham Trust to produce 'In Conversation with Merce' in Kansas City & San Francisco.