Lauren Lovette personifies the intertwining of dance and choreography, moving seamlessly from one to the other. In spring 2022 she was invited to be the first ever Resident Choreographer for the Paul Taylor Dance Company and creates new work on the Company annually. Born in Thousand Oaks, CA, Lovette began studying ballet at the age of 11. She enrolled at SAB as a full-time student in 2006. In 2009, Ms. Lovette became an apprentice with NYCB and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2010. Promoted to soloist in 2013 and to principal dancer in 2015. She began creating dance as a ballet student, for a 2007 choreographic workshop showing at the School of American Ballet (SAB). Another ballet, for the 2008 workshop, was soon followed by her being selected to create a work for the 2009 New York Choreographic Institute. As a principal dancer at New York City Ballet, Lovette choreographed for the 2016 Fall Fashion Gala. She was awarded the Virginia B. Toulmin Fellowship at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU in 2018, and a year later created a second work for the Fashion Gala. In addition to Paul Taylor and NYC Ballet, her work has been commissioned and performed by American Ballet Theatre, Vail International Dance Festival, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Nevada Ballet Theatre, and showcased in a self-produced evening, Why It Matters. Lovette received the Clive Barnes Award for dance in December 2012 and was the 2012-2013 recipient of the City Ballet Janice Levin Award. In 2021, she stepped down from her position at NYCB in order to embark on a career devoted in more equal measure to dance and choreography. In 2023, Lovette joined the Nantucket Dance Festival as Co-Artistic Director.
Website: lauren-lovette.com
Instagram: @laurenlovette
John Harnage in Lauren Lovette’s Solitare, photo by Whitney Browne
Lee Duveneck in Lauren Lovette’s Pentimento, photo by Ron Thiele
Portrait of Lauren Lovette by Ruven Afanador
