Lauren Rebecca Hartman, is a student at the Orlando Ballet School. This coming year she will be in the pre-professional Academy program. She has been featured in main stage productions with the Orlando Ballet company. These include the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. She has also danced in many of the performances for the acclaimed education outreach programs at Orlando Ballet,STEPS, REACH and RISE. In addition, she was selected last year to represent the Orlando Ballet School at the Universal Ballet Competition where she was awarded second place for her classical variation and top 20 for her contemporary solo. She was also presented with a dancer’s choice scholarship to Vittaca in Houston Texas.

This year Lauren was accepted into summer intensives at Pacific Northwest Ballet , San Francisco Ballet School, Miami City Ballet, and American Ballet Theater in New York. Lauren also plays the piano. She is a straight A student, a member of the National Junior Honor Society and she never stops dancing. She has big dreams and is most grateful to Nicolay but providing such beautiful tools to help her reach her goals.