Lauran Stanis
AEA

Lauran.Stanis@gmail.com
Height: 5'8" Hair: Auburn Weight: 135 Eyes: Green

  Director/Choreographer
Annie Get Your Gun Festival 56

  Choreography
Kiss Me, Kate
Nunsense
Dames at Sea
Holly Jolly Christmas
RENT
Shenandoah
Rocky Horror Show! Starring Fee Waybill
West Side Story
Les Miserables
Anything Goes
The Pirates of Penzance
Babes in Toyland
The Nutcracker
A Little Night Music
School House Rock Live, Jr
Annie
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
Hello, Dolly!
The Wizard of Oz
Into the Woods
Dir. Dexter Brigham
Dir. Tristan Tapscott
Dir. Dexter Brigham
Dir. Ty Stover
Dir. Brendan Ragotzy
Dir. Brendan Ragotzy
Dir. Brendan Ragotzy
Dir. Eric Parker
Dir. Charlie Misovie
Dir. Molly Martin
Dir. Dexter Brigham
Dir. Rob Watson
Dir. Rob Watson
Dir. Laura Ledford

Dir. Lori Cox
Dir. Lori Cox


Festival 56
Festival 56
Festival 56
Broadway Palm West
Barn Theatre
Barn Theatre
Barn Theatre
Barn Theatre
Barn Theatre
Festival 56
Festival 56
Broadway Palm West
Broadway Palm West
Millikin University
Forsyth Elem. School
Canton High School
Canton High School
Vines High School
Haggard Middle School
Plano Senior High Sch.

  Original Choreography
The following shows I know the original Broadway choreography and can restage for any cast size.
A Chorus Line Fiddler on the Roof 42nd Street West Side Story The Producers

  Related Experience
Guest Choreographer for International Touring Vocal Trio, The Manhattan Dolls
Numerous Bar Shows and Cabarets for The Barn Theatre
Several Routines for Dance Studio Recitals
Overall High Scoring Routines for Competitions
Dance Pieces for Ensembles and Concerts
Judging for I LOVE DANCE competitions since 2006
Dance Team - Choreographed and performed with Millikin University Pom Squad & Plano Dance Force

  Strengths as a Choreographer
Attention to detail, clarity of teaching.
Tailoring choreography to highlight specific strengths of the cast.
Communicating character & plot progression thru movement.
Although I am a show girl, I choreograph especially well for male dancers!
Have worked in companies and studios my whole life and worked with a wide age range.
Working with children.

  Teaching
Barn Theatre
Little Theatre on the Square
Millikin University
Dallas Dance Academy
Miss Billye’s School of Dance
Jazz, Musical Theatre, Tech
Musical Theatre, Tap, Jazz
Tap, Jazz, Ballet
Musical Theatre, Jazz
Tap, Jazz
Summer 2008
2004-05
2003
1998-2003
1996-2002

  Training
Millikin University- BFA Musical theatre, Dance minor – 2004
North Carolina School of the Arts- Summer Sessions, Classical, Contemporary
22 Years of dance- tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, lyrical, modern, partnering & lifting

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