Lauren Blane

Lauren began her training at the Faubourg School of Ballet under Watmora Casey. She attended Grand Valley State University and graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance. Upon graduation she was chosen to receive The Outstanding Undergraduate Award in Dance by her professors. Lauren’s choreography was chosen to present at the American College Dance Festival, and was later selected to be featured in the Gala. Professionally, Lauren was accepted into the Lou Conte Dance Studio Scholarship Program under the direction of Claire Bataille. She was also with Giordano Dance Chicago’s Second Company for two seasons. Lauren had the privilege of being a backup dancer for Beyonce on Oprah’s Farewell Episode at the United Center. She has also been featured in many musical productions at the Marriott Theater as well as Drury Lane including Chicago, Evita, The Nutcracker, and Now & Forever and more. Recently, she was a featured choreographer in Thodos Dance Chicago and Danceworks Chicago’s NEW Dances: A New Generation. She also had the privilege of choreographing for Still Inspired in a collaboration with the local visual artist Mary Porterfield. Lauren earned the position of Assistant to the Director for the Marriott Theater’s production of Junie B Jones: The Musical. She also had the pleasure of choreographing for Dance in the Parks directed by Katie McCann. Lauren chose to further her dance teaching knowledge and is now an American Ballet Theater (ABT) Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 5 of the ABT National Training Curriculum. She has been invited to teach as such prestigious organizations as the Chicago Dance Connection (CDC), Dancewerks, Regarding Actors (Re: Actors), Dance Masters of Wisconsin, and the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters (CNADM). Lauren is the Owner and Director of Synergy Dance Academy in Bloomingdale and M3 Dance Company, a 501c3 competitive dance company.