Lia Pas: Bio

Lia Pas is a Canadian multidisciplinary creator-perfomer who has worked professionally in the fields of music, writing, and theatre. Born in Western Canada, Lia studied music at York University, Toronto (BFA 1995) and completed her Master of Arts in Devised Theatre at Dartington College of Arts (October 2006) in Devon, UK. Prior to her arrival at Dartington, Lia lived in Japan for two years.

Lia is an accomplished musician (oboe and piano), composer, and vocalist, with substantial achievements in contemporary, improvisational, and classical forms. Her compositions have been performed by soloists and ensembles and broadcast on CBC Radio. Lia has written poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and scripts. In addition to her volumes of poetry: what is this place we have come to (Thistledown Press, 2003) and vicissitudes (Underwhich Editions, 2001), her literary work has been broadcast on CBC Radio and widely published in Canadian literary periodicals. Her two interdisciplinary shows, The Descent of Inanna (2001) and Baba Yaga's Hut (2002), for which she wrote or co-wrote the scripts and music, and in which she performed leading roles, played to sold-out audiences in Saskatchewan

Please see Lia's curriculum vitae (64K PDF download) for more information.