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Lauren B. Morris has
lived throughout the United States, in
Bermuda,
and traveled extensively before settling in Richmond, Virginia.
Graduating cum laude at Virginia Commonwealth University, she was
honored with the Outstanding Performer Award in Dance and Choreography.
While at VCU, and subsequently, Lauren had the opportunity to perform
under the direction of Scott Putman, Gesel Mason, and Gerri Houlihan.
In 2005 she traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica to study modern dance,
choreography, and automated lighting design. She attended the Bates
Dance Festival in Lewiston, Maine, where she studied with Craig
Patterson, Michelle Miller, and Tere O’Connor. Her choreography for the
Woodbridge Senior High School Vikette Dance Team from 2003 to 2005 won
numerous awards at the Eastern Dance Association National Competition
in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. During the past three years, Lauren
has applied her choreography expertise through instruction in ballet,
modern, jazz, and hip hop at Shuffles Dance Center in Richmond. She
also had the opportunity to teach at the Virginia Commonwealth
University summer dance intensive in 2006 and 2007. Lauren performed
with the Starr Foster Dance Project from 2002 to 2006 and is currently
dancing with Amaranth Contemporary Dance in Richmond. Lauren joins the
College of William and Mary faculty as an adjunct dance instructor in
the Fall of 2007. |
