Master Class Instructor

Houston, Texas

Lauren Serrano is originally from Orange County, California. She attended Orange County High School for the Performing Arts for classical and commercial dance. Lauren graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a B.F.A. She later received her MA in dance education from the Arnhold Graduate Dance Education Program at Hunter College in 2015 and her MFA from Sam Houston State University in 2023. In New York City, Lauren worked with choreographers such as Jennifer Muller, Young Soon Kim, Toni Renee Johnson, Pedro Ruiz, and Mike Esperanza. She returned to California to perform with Santa Barbara Dance Theater and Nebula Dance Lab, which included works by Andrea Schermolly, Yusha Sorzano, Christopher Pilafian, Jennifer Muller, Stephanie Miracle, Brandon Whited, and Edgar Zendejas. Her work has been selected to perform at festivals in California, New York, and Texas. Serrano was recently selected as one of the 2023-2024 Artists in Residence cohort from Dance Source Houston. She is now dancing for NobleMotion Dance and works as an Adjunct Professor at Sam Houston State University.