Dancer | Actor
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Lauren Davis is a native Texan with her BFA in Commercial Dance from Hussian College Los Angeles: In Studio. She’s trained in ballet, hip hop, jazz funk, acro, jazz, pom, heels, contemporary, lyrical, ballroom, and tap. Growing up, she attended summer intensives such as ABT, Joffrey NY, Joffrey Southwest, Burklyn Ballet Theatre (scholarship), and the Glenda Brown Choreography Project (scholarship) as a choreographer. Lauren performed in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the largest arts festival in the world, LA Dance Fest, an Apple Inc. commercial, modeled for CBS’s “Star Trek Discovery,” and numerous collegiate productions. In college, she had the privilege of training with Ambrose Respicio III – Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, and Taylor Swift dancer, SYTYCD choreographer Joe Brown, Leslie Stevens, Jonette Swider, Michelle Loucadoux, Matthew Shaffer, James Tabeek, Marvin Browning Jr., and more. Since graduating, Lauren has been a dancer and acrobat in the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 State Fair of Texas’ “Illumination Sensation,” serving as dance captain the past 3 years. She was a principal performer in a Choctaw Casinos & Resorts commercial, served two seasons as a Frisco Fighters Bombshells dancer, and performs as a guest artist for dance studios and choreography showcases throughout DFW. She is represented by Exxcel Model and Talent, and is a main company member of Urban Performing Company under the direction of Stevo McMaryion. Lauren teaches in the DFW area, specializing in all things technique and jazz funk. Using her knowledge of the body from dance, weightlifting, and working in physical therapy, she educates dancers on the importance of and balance between strength and flexibility as an athlete while continuing her career as a freelance artist.