About
Lauren is an independent dance artist, choreographer and facilitator. Her choreographic practice involves creating viscerally immersive worlds through movement improvisation, sourced physical materials and spoken word. Through a strong somatic and feminist pedagogy, her dance work invites audiences into a world of sensory stimulation and connectivity.
Having graduated with a first class BA(hons) in contemporary dance from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance Lauren also completed her MA Choreography with Leeds Beckett University in September 2019. She received the Kathleen Tattersall Leadership Award from NSCD in 2015 and attended the Play Practice Residency Programme in Bangalore India where she collaborated with dance artists from across the world. Lauren’s work has received professional mentoring from dance artists Theo Clinkard and Matthias Sperling.
As a dance artist, Lauren’s work allows people to connect to the pleasurable detail of the moving body and is always collaborative in nature. It transports audiences into a shared world in which new ideas can be conceived and explored, posing questions that intrigue and excite. she creates multifaceted, immersive work that allows us to reconfigure our understanding of the world we live in.
Lauren’s practice is rooted in finding joy through movement and empowering people to connect to dance in different ways. By connecting with people through this Lauren aims is to make the world a better place through dance.
- 2019 Rewilding Lauren Trim: Open Source Arts, Landing Party Festival
- 2019/20 Undo : Redo Lauren Trim: PEAK, East Street Arts, Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
- 2018 Lost In Space, Found In Time Lauren Trim: ReCharge Platform
- 2017 My Favourite Obsessions Lauren Trim: Provisional Scratch Festival
- 2017 Guero Lauren Trim & Claudia Schnitter: Barber Institute for Fine Arts
- 2017 Evolooption Lauren Trim & The Blue Dive: Watch Out Worcester
- 2017 Nothing for the Moment Macha Collective: Shoonya Centre for Arts, India
- 2015 Foolfilled Hexagon Collective: The Corn Exchange, Leeds
Creating
- 2020 Bags of Creativity IVE
- 2019-20 Associate Lecturer University of Worcester
- 2020 Dance Artist East Riding Youth Dance
- 2019 Support Dance Artist Dance United Yorkshire
- 2019 Pro Dance: Open Dance Training Open Source Arts
- 2019 Level 4 Creative Sessions Leeds Beckett University
- 2019 Elevate Youth Company Class Dancefest
- 2019 Professional Class Rachel Clarke Dance Company
- 2017 Movement for Actors SLP College
- 2017-19 Freelance dance facilitator One Day Creative Education
- 2016-17 Community Dance Teacher Dancefest
Facilitating
- 2019 Interrelate Rachel Clarke Dance Company: Landing Party Festival
- 2019 Improvisation Three Lauren Trim & Alexah Tomey-Alleyne: Middle Floor
- 2018 Liminal Rachel Clarke Dance Company: Leeds Beckett University
- 2017 Quiet Revolution Marie Older: Watch Out Worcester & Croome Court on behalf of Dancefest
- 2017 Evolooption Lauren Trim & The Blue Dive: Watch Out Worcester
- 2017 Nothing for the Moment Macha Collective: Shoonya Centre for Arts, India
- 2017 Face me! I got your back Spine Party: Shoonya Centre for Arts, India
- 2016 In A Landscape Kei Myatta: International Dance Festival Birmingham
- 2015 Please write in the box provided, the name of the performer you liked the best Ben Duke: The Riley Theatre
- 2015 River of Energy Lauren Trim: The Riley Theatre
- 2015 Les Folles Carlos Pons Guerra: The Riley Theatre
Moving
Lauren has worked with many different artists across various art forms both nationally and internationally. These including Kei Miyata, Ben Duke, Angus McLean Balbernie, Carlos Pons Guerra, Abhilash Ningappa, Marie Older, The Blue Dive, Claudia Scenettger, Miquel Barcelona, Prashant More and Macha Collective.
Skills: contemporary dance, improvisation, choreography, somatic pedagogic practice, released based teaching, contact work, creative youth work, community teaching, leading professional level class and movement for actors.
MA Choreography Modules: Improvisation, Artist Teacher, Dramaturgy, Commission, Choreographers Mentor Project, Research and Development & Choreographers Final Project.