Lauren Crosslin

Lauren Crosslin (she/they) is a queer artist born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee where she grew up dancing and building a foundation of jazz, ballet, and modern technique. In 2018, she graduated from Nashville School of the Arts where she trained for four years under the direction of Stacie Flood-Popp while working with well known choreographers Erica Sobol, Teddy Tedholm, Andre Fuentes, Morgan Burke, Justin Conte, and Lukas van der Fecht. Her self-choreographed and produced full-length show "behind the gesture" has been presented in excerpts at Big River Dance Festival and RAD Fest Dance Festival. After moving to New York, Lauren has had the opportunity to apprentice with Teddy Tedholm, and now dance in his company tedted Performance Group. Since the pandemic, Lauren has begun training with Judith McCarty, dancing with her company, Afro-Afriqué. With Afro-Afriqué she’s had the opportunity to perform at the African Entertainment Awards and be featured for the cover of Dancegeist Magazine, and much more. Lauren recently got the opportunity to debut work for the first time in NYC  in Arts on Site's 'Performance Party'. Lauren looks forward to continue connecting with the community, and how it inspires the evolution of her creative process. She is very grateful for every single opportunity that has come her way thus far, and is looking forward to what comes next.