(From PuttyDanceProject.com)

Hailing from Baltimore, MD, Lauren Putty White has an M.F.A. in dance from Montclair State University and a B.F.A. in Modern Dance Performance from University of the Arts. Having performed internationally with Parsons dance company and PHILADANCO, White has also choreographed for Ballet X , Grace Dance Theatre, Bryn Mawr College, Drexel University and Washington and Lee University. She has taught at University of the Arts,Temple University, the School District of Philadelphia as well as on faculty for AileyCamp Baltimore. White co-founded Putty Dance Project, with her jazz musician husband, producing socially conscious critically acclaimed works. They have presented at the Kimmel Center, Baltimore Dance Invitational, Boston Contemporary Dance Festival and Stockton University Performing Arts Center. Recently, White has been the featured dance soloist with the Sun Ra Arkestra at Carnegie Hall and SummerStage in NYC,a guest teacher at Cornell University and collaborator with Melanie George at the National Center for Choreography in Akron. Aside from making guest appearances with Philadelphia jazz greats such as vocalist Denise King, White also has written for thINKingDANCE online publication. She currently teaches workshops in her methodology Free Form Body Motifs, specializing in movement improvisation to Free Jazz music and is a Teaching Specialist in Dance at Stockton University!