Lauren Carnesi Daniels
Contemporary Choreographer • Dance Educator • Program Director
Lauren Carnesi Daniels is a contemporary choreographer whose work centers intuition, presence, and choice as essential performance skills. Shaped through an interactive and responsive process, her choreography is physically demanding, specific, and intentionally crafted for the dancers involved. Her work spans choreographic residencies, guest teaching, teacher training, and creative consulting. Across settings, she values rigor without rigidity and process that leads to articulate, performance-ready work. She is interested in how dancers think, adapt, and show up- not just what they execute. She works with dancers, educators, and artists seeking depth, physicality, and intentionality in contemporary practice.
Selected Experience
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Creator and Director of Kinetic Canvas, a contemporary performance series spanning ten years, presented through Harford Community College
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Contemporary Director of the Pre-Professional Program at Dance Academy of Loudoun
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Lead Choreographer at E-Street Dance Academy
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Commissioned choreographer for Shenandoah Conservatory (2022)
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Founder & Artistic Director of InvisibleWings Dance Project (2016-2019)
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College preparation mentor with student acceptances to USC Kaufman, NYU Tisch, Marymount Manhattan College, The Juilliard School, Fordham University, Arizona State University, Florida State University, SUNY Purchase, Point Park University, Boston Conservatory, Shenandoah Conservatory, and others
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3× YAGP / UBC Outstanding Choreographer and UBC Outstanding Contemporary Coach
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BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography, Shenandoah Conservatory
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MA in Arts Administration, Drexel University