Lauren Withhart (Dancer/Choreographer) earned a B.F.A. in Dance from Florida State University in 2001 where she was a member of FSU’s company Dance Repertory Theatre under the direction of Lynda Davis.  Lauren has studied with and performed repertoire of Ann Carlson, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Buglisi-Foreman Dance, and Urban Bush Women as well as choreographing and performing with Women’s Dance Project, a Florida-based company.  Lauren has served as adjunct faculty for the CCBC Department of Dance and is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in Performance and Choreography from the University of Maryland College Park.  Lauren is also a member of VTDance (Vincent Thomas) and has worked with Gesel Mason Performance Projects.  Lauren holds an M.S. in Psychology and works as a behavior therapist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.  For more information, visit www.laurenwithhart.com. This is her fourth season with The Collective.