Lauren Settembrino
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Neville Dance Theater
Company dancer since 2017, Principal Dancer since 2022
Brenda Neville’s:
- Identities (2023) | Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
- Amethyst/Rhodochrosite Pas (2022) | Harmony in the Woods, Hawley, PA; and more
- Banter (pointe) (2022) | Evening of Contemporary Dance, Rose Nagelberg Theatre, NYC; Harmony in the Woods, Hawley, PA
- 53 Movements (2019–2021) | Dixon Place, NYC; The United Theatre, Westerly, RI
- Exposed (2017–2023) | Milwaukee Fringe Fesaval; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, NYC; and more
Kristen Klein’s The Pursuit (2023) | Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
Nanako Kitagawa’s Children’s Corner (pointe) (2021–2022) | Artists In Motion Mini, KnJ Theater, NYC; and more
Angie Moon Dance Theatre
Company dancer since August 2018
Angie Moon Conte’s:
- Mylar, cellophane, light, and us (2023) | WestFest Dance Festival, Westbeth Artists' Residence, NYC, with visuals by Benny Krown
- The Drowning Pine (2019) | Jack Crystal Theatre
- HUNTING YEAR (2018) | Triskelion Arts
Choreography
Flee porneia (solo) (2023) | Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
B–Y (solo) (2018) | Ailey Citigroup Theatre
Freelance
- In Earnest by Byron Lars (2021, headliner) | choreography by Jen Roit/Armada Dance at StylePointe New York Fashion Week
- Ori Flomin’s Together, together (2019) | America-Israel Cultural Foundation’s ICA Awards, Rose Theatre, Jazz at Lincoln Center
- BalaSole Dance Company Featured Emerging Arast (2017) | BAM Fisher
- Crystal Pite’s Polaris (2015) | Lincoln Center White Light Festival, New York City Center
- Erin McNerney’s Feed the Birds (2015) | Dizzy Feet Foundation Celebration of Dance Gala, The Novo, Los Angeles, CA
TRAINING/EDUCATION
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
BFA in Dance
- Contemporary: Rashaun Mitchell, Pamela Pietro, Elizabeth Coker, Ori Flomin
- Ballet: Giada Matteini, Cherylyn Lavagnino, James Maran, Jolinda Menendez (pointe)
- Composition and improvisation: Rashaun Mitchell, Jeremy Nelson, Sean Curran
Distinctions: University Honors Scholar, Cum Laude
College of Arts and Sciences, New York University
Double major in English
Domaine Forget Summer Dance Academy (Quebec, CAN)
RUBBERBANDance Group summer residency program
- Trained with Victor Quijada, Anne Plamondon, and members of RUBBERBANDance Group
Other dance skills: pointe, improvisation, contemporary and ballet partnering, choreography (concert and commercial), tap, musical theater, hip hop (some breaking/bboying, popping, locking, vogue)
Other skills: group fitness instruction, acting, grant writing, editing/proofreading, search engine optimization (SEO)