Lauren Davis is a native Texan with her BFA in Commercial Dance from Hussian College Los Angeles: In Studio, where she graduated summa cum laude as a member of the 21 club, the top 21 students in her graduating class. Lauren’s dance training began at age 5 to bring her out of her shell, and ever since latching onto dance, she hasn’t stopped for over two decades. Lauren received countless awards and scholarships in ballet and the competition/convention circuit growing up, as she trained intensely at both ballet and competition studios under Geralyn del Corso Garner, Alex Patrick, and Bree Hafen. She’s trained in ballet, hip hop, jazz funk, jazz, pom, acro, heels, contemporary, lyrical, ballroom, tap, and even dabbled in cultural dances like hula, Bollywood, and African.
She has travelled both nationally and internationally to attend summer programs in ballet, jazz, and contemporary. She attended American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensive, Joffrey New York (Ballet), Joffrey Southwest (Jazz/Contemp), Burklyn Ballet Theatre (scholarships), the Alonzo King LINES Discovery Project, and the Glenda Brown Choreography Project as a choreographer on scholarship from the Dance Council of North Texas. She performed in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the largest arts festival in the world as the Mad Hatter and White Rabbit in Burklyn Ballet Theatre’s production of Alice in Wonderland.
Lauren values versatility as an artist and could never choose a favorite genre of dance, so she was drawn to Hussian College LA’s Commercial Dance program in Los Angeles. She attended Hussian on a hefty scholarship, since she didn’t want to be limited to one style for a collegiate degree, as is usually the case for college dance programs. There she trained under former and current Broadway, ballet, and commercial dance professionals such as resident SYTYCD choreographer Joe Brown, Ambrose Respicio III – Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, and Taylor Swift dancer, former ABT dancer Michelle Loucadoux, Gus Giordano dancer Matthew Shaffer, Marvin Browning Jr., James Tabeek, and more. While in school, Lauren performed in LA Dance Fest, danced in an Apple Inc. commercial, modeled for CBS’s “Star Trek Discovery,” and performed in and choreographed for numerous collegiate live and film productions. Lauren has studied acting for film and television in addition to her dance pursuits. She was in the top two in the nation to star in the “Friday the 13th” fan film, “Rose Blood,” with her acting coach and television star, Lar Park Lincoln.
Lauren danced in the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 State Fair of Texas’ “Illumination Sensation,” serving as dance captain the past 3 years, performing in various styles including acro, jazz, ballet, and contemporary. 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 has always had a love for children, and takes her role as a dance educator seriously. She uses her experiences from LA in her career as well as her classroom to further her youth and adult students’ education. Continuing to train/perform while teaching gives Lauren a unique perspective as a current industry professional and mentor. Her knowledge of the body from dance, weightlifting, and working in physical therapy translates into her classes, educating dancers on the importance of and balance between strength and flexibility as an athlete, while utilizing her nurturing nature to cultivate artists in the safe space she creates for all. Lauren teaches in the DFW area, specializing in all things technique and jazz funk, and continues her work as a freelance artist.
Lauren Ruth Davis
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