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Dance Instructor
Lauren is a dance artist and movement educator with an extensive background in musical theatre, vocal performance, yoga (certified MindBodyDancer), fashion/production design, and visual arts. She holds a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, and an MFA from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, both in dance performance, choreography, and pedagogy (mentored by professionals Randy James, Joy Kellman, and Sean Curran), as well as a NJ CTE certification in Dance Education K-12. Lauren has performed with Randy James Dance Works, Kimani Fowlin, Kate Weare, Deborah Jowitt, Motus Dance Theatre, Indianapolis Ballet, The White Rabbit Cabaret, NMDP, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Suzanne Beahrs Dance, Loretta Fois, and Carol Mendes & Artists. In 2015, she founded her own Brooklyn-based company, Lauren Beirne Dance Works. Her work has been presented by A&E Networks, The Actor's Fund Art Center in Brooklyn, Dumbo Dance Festival, Dixon Place, West Fest/Top Floor at Martha Graham, John Jay College, FDU, Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center, Integrated Visions, Brooklyn College, NYU, RVCC, Sacred Heart University, HeART in Motion, and the Green Space LIC. Lauren has been a faculty member in the Dance Department at Raritan Valley Community College since 2019. She currently serves as Ballet Mistress and co-director of The Nutcracker at The Dance Connection in Hillsborough. |