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Lauren Lovette

Lauren Lovette is an American ballet dancer and choreographer who was previously a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.

Early life and education
Lovette was born in Thousand Oaks, California, and started her ballet education at the age of eleven. She went on to study at the Cary Ballet Conservatory in North Carolina, followed by the School of American Ballet. == Career ==
Career
Lovette became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet in 2009. She was invited to join the company's corps de ballet in 2010 and promoted to soloist in 2013. In 2015, she was promoted to principal dancer. Lovette emerged as a choreographer in her own right in 2016 with her work For Clara, commissioned by New York City Ballet. She has gone on to create two more pieces for the company, Not Our Fate (2017) and The Shaded Line (2019), in addition to others for American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company and Damian Woetzel's Vail Dance Festival. She additionally served as the Artist-in-Residence for the Vail Dance Festival in 2019. In October 2021, Lovette left the New York City Ballet, noting it "will give me the time to fully explore new creative projects as both a choreographer and dancer and I'm really excited about the future." Her final performance was held in October, in which she danced Robbins' Opus 19/The Dreamer and Ratmansky's Namouna, A Grand Divertissement. In March 2022, she was appointed resident choreographer of Paul Taylor Dance Company. == Selected works ==
Selected works
Lovette's work as a choreographer includes: • For Clara (2016) - New York City Ballet • Not Our Fate (2017) - ABT Studio Company • Red Spotted Purple (2018) - The Ashley Bouder Project • Papillon (2018) - Vail Dance Festival • ''If You're Gonna Build a Body, Start with the Bones'' (2019) - Vail Dance Festival • The Shaded Line (2019) - Paul Taylor Dance Company • Pangaea Calling (2023) - The Juilliard SchoolTendu (2024) - School of American Ballet == Honors ==
Honors
• Clive Barnes Award (2012) == References ==
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