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Lauren Michelle Frere, a native of Houston, Texas, studied ballet at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where her teachers included Miroslav Bart, Milena Leben, and Amber Thornton. In 2004 and 2005 she attended the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensives in Orange County and New York City, and in previous summers studied Vaganova technique with Alla Osipenko, Gabriella Komleva, Tatiana Legat, Alia Shirkevitch and Bernara Karieva. Lauren was invited to the 2005 Youth America Grand Prix Finals in New York following her semifinal performance of Kitri's Variation from /Don Quixote/ and Gamzatti's Variation from /La Bayadere/. That same year she danced the role of Medora in an Academy presentation of the Dream Scene from /Le Corsaire/.
Lauren's stage experience with Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre included corps and soloist roles in /Coppelia, Giselle, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, / Alan Hineline's /Legend of Sleepy Hollow,/ and numerous performances of Amber Thornton's /Contemporary Project/. She appeared with Lone Star Ballet (/The Nutcracker/) and Tulsa Ballet (/The Sleeping Beauty/) before joining Sarasota Ballet in 2006. In her two seasons with Sarasota she performed in Balanchine’s /Concerto Barocco/, Ashton’s /The Two Pigeons/, and Robert de Warren’s /Coppelia, Firebird, Suite from Don Quixote, Othello/ and /The Nutcracker./ Lauren joined Columbia Classical Ballet in 2008, where her roles have included Arabian and Snow Soloist in /The Nutcracker,/ The Chosen One in /Le Sacre du Printemps/ and The Wicked Witch in /The Wizard of Oz/. Following a guest appearance with Kingsport Ballet for their Platinum Celebration (Paquita, Odette) she will return to Columbia Classical Ballet for their 2009 - 2010 season. |
