“Women in Dance Don’t Expire”: Lisa Antoinette Herbert on Longevity in a Short-Career Industry
Today, viral choreography can be learned in seconds, and careers can take off overnight. Melbourne dancer and choreographer Lisa Antoinette Herbert is challenging this narrative and showing that women in dance do not have an expiry date.
Herbert works across both stage and screen, representing a new generation of Australian artists redefining what a sustainable dance career can look like. She has appeared in the Paramount Pictures film Better Man and performed at the AFL Grand Final alongside global artists including Robbie Williams, Katy Perry, Delta Goodrem, and Snoop Dogg.
“Platforms like TikTok have made dance more accessible, but they’ve also blurred the line between trained professionals and short-form content. My career has been built on years of training, and that fo...
