Lauren Lewis

Lauren trained as a professional dancer at Dance for all (at the theatre school) Edinburgh under Tracy Hawkes.  Whilst training there she gained her DDE ISTD dance teaching qualification in Modern and CBTS RTS with the Royal Academy of Dance alongside gaining distinctions in her performance subjects.  (She is also registered with the BBO organisation,has qualifications with Acrobatic arts and Alixa Flexibility and continually attends cpd opportunities) She began teaching part time students at Dance for all before setting up her own dance classes after relocating to Dundee where she now lives with her husband, three children and her cat.

Whilst at college Lauren was involved in many performance opportunities including choreographing and dancing at the Edinburgh Festival for an Album Launch for Fiona Crow.She also Choreographed and performed for the Edinburgh Nativity and the Dundee Nativity and performed in churches nationally.

She has previously danced in a children’s production for Drama therapy with the company Whirling wheels. A project that is used nationally and internationally with the organisation For the Love of a child as tool for helping children with trauma.

During lockdown she spent a significant amount of time exploring her own movement and choreography. She created several digital performances editing and creating her own dance films. She also took part in Be:coming Tree, exploring our connection with Nature through meaningful movement.

Lauren originally studied Textile design at DJCAD (Bdes) and has continued to create art whilst training in dance and was part of an Exhibition after lock down.

Lauren is passionate especially about connecting children to the arts and creating ways for children to connect to the arts, whether this is through Education or through experiencing performance or through therapy.

“I have more recently begun to refocus on finding a way to connect both my movement and art training. I hope to explore this in my next season as a visual and dance artist.  I want to challenge peoples perspectives and expectations when experiencing art and make it accessible to all, creating a safe space for all to connect to the arts and performance in an immersive way.”