Winter Term Guest Designer: Lauren Putty White

Winter Term Guest Designer: Lauren Putty White

Lauren Putty White: Choreographer

White is a Philadelphia based dancer, choreographer, educator and dance writer. She has an MFA in dance from Montclair State University and a BFA in Modern Dance Performance from University of the Arts.

Having performed internationally with the world-renowned Parsons dance company and PHILADANCO, Lauren has also choreographed for Ballet X, Grace Dance Theatre, Bryn Mawr College and Drexel University. She has been an adjunct professor at University of the Arts, Stockton University and Temple University.

White co-founded Putty Dance Project, with her jazz musician husband, producing socially conscious critically acclaimed works. She teaches master workshops in her newly developed methodology Physical Listening for Free Form Body Motifs, which specializes in translating Free Jazz music into movement through improvisation.

Her work will be seen in W&L Repertory Dance Concert 2023.