Biography

Lauren Putty White, as an emerging artist, is steadily building her list of credentials.  Once receiving her BFA from University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2005, she left as a recipient of the UArts Choreography Prize and Outstanding Performance in Modern Dance award.  Later that same year, Lauren made her first professional choreography debut at the 2005 Elan Awards in New York, where she restaged her senior piece, "The Third Layer".  She continued on to perform with companies such as Washington Reflections, Urban Bush Woman 2, Parsons Dance Company as well as the Opera Company of Philadelphia.  Throughout those years choreographically, Lauren also received the Individual Artist Fellowship Grant in Baltimore, MD in support of her artistry. In 2007 she had the privilege of setting her first company work on Washington Reflections Dance Company in DC entitled, "Shades of Thought", which was also featured in the 2008 American Dance Guild Festival in New York.  In April 2010, she premiered her piece, "Hide", on Ballet X company in Philadelphia, as a part of their spring series at the Wilma Theater.  Most recently, Lauren has done guest artist residencies at Mercy High School in Baltimore, the 2011 Winston-Salem All County Dance Festival in North Carolina and Stockton College in New Jersey.  Her piece, "Sleeping in Wonderland", was selected to be featured in the Regional Dance America showcase in Pittsburgh in spring 2011 as well.  Currently, Lauren continues to freelance as a performer and is educating at prestigious dance schools throughout the Philadelphia area.