Lauren Wingenroth

Lauren Wingenroth is a New York City-based writer with bylines in Dance Magazine, Pointe Magazine, Dance Teacher, Playbill, ESPN, Fjord Review and others. Originally from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, she is a graduate of Barnard College. Formerly, she was the editor in chief of Dance Teacher and Dance Business Weekly, and an editor of Dance Magazine.

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Cover Story

Oona Doherty’s Raw, Honest Dances Have Made Her One of the Dance World’s Buzziest Choreographic Stars

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Donald Byrd directing dancers in the studio. He lifts his arm above his head to match the dancers' movement

Career

5 Artists Who Received Large Grants Share How Their Lives Changed—and How They Did Not

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A female dancer wearing an EMS suit and standing in a parallel passe position. A male instructor is guiding her.

Health & Body

Is Electrical Muscle Stimulation Training Good for Dancers?

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Dancer Voices

Yanira Castro’s Exorcism = Liberation Is a Public Art Campaign for Divided Times

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Calvin Royal III poses in arabesque, standing leg in plié and working side arm in a high alongé. He is in a studio with large windows and dark marley; a piano sits in the back corner.

News

Calvin Royal III Makes His New York City Curatorial Debut With The Joyce Theater’s Ballet Festival

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A screenshot of a vertical Intagram post, featuring two stacked images—the top of Marimon and several other dancers, the bottom of Ortiz. The text "My choreography has been STOLEN in Spain!" is superimposed at the center.

News

Plagiarism Allegations Rock the Dance World—Yet Again

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Moon—wearing black briefs, his long brown hair loose—extends his body parallel to the ground as he hangs from a pole.

Breaking Stereotypes

How Trans Irish Dancer Hayden Moon Found a New Home in Pole Dancing

Lauren Wingenroth

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News

Whistle Launches Disrupting Harm in Dance, an Online Tool Kit to Help Dancers Navigate Dysfunctional Work Cultures

Lauren Wingenroth

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