Laura is Director / Owner of Pacific Studio for Dance in Los Angeles as well as faculty for L. A. Danceforce, EDGE Performing Arts Center, DancePlug, and Glendale College Education Program. She has adjudicated for New Zealand’s Jazz Dance Affiliation syllabus. Workshop and lecture tours include Phoenix International, TATD, Dance Masters of America, American Dancemachine, SOTA, Fairbanks Cultural Arts Festival and more. She has trained generations of dancers and teachers through the EDGE, Dupree Dance Academy, Academy 331, Glendale College Dance Department and many other facilities. Laura holds a BFA in Dance from FSU and trained with the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.
Progressive Ballet! Laura's teaching embodies the classic form of ballet to train dancers of every genre, using theory and fundamentals to favor and promote reform for a healthy body and mind.
Laura is regarded to be “…one of the finest teachers in Los Angeles. She is truly teaching the class, making important physical corrections, demanding high standards of excellence, and bringing an aesthetic viewpoint to the work…It is this level of teaching that builds professional dancers.” (Loretta Livingston & Dancers, Los Angeles)