ASSOCIATE ARTIST
lauren payne
Lauren Payne is a Utah-based contemporary dance artist, choreographer, and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Utah Valley University. Her work explores the complexity of the human experience through contemporary movement, partnering, improvisation, and storytelling. Driven by curiosity and a love for authentic expression, Lauren creates work that invites both performers and audiences to slow down, connect, and discover meaning through movement. As the mother of three beautiful children, she finds endless inspiration in their wonder, resilience, and capacity for joy, which continue to shape both her life and her artistic voice.
