Lauren Hunter
Photo: Sebastien Galtier

Lauren Hunter

Lauren started taking ballet lessons at the Texas Ballet Theater School when she was six years old. Only four years later, she left Texas behind to move to Los Angeles, where she started studying at the Peninsula School of Performing Arts. Lauren came to the United States when she was two years old and started taking ballet lessons at the Texas Ballet Theater School when she was six.

Four years later, she moved to Los Angeles where she started studying at the Peninsula School of Performing Arts. When she was 13, she began training under the instruction of Alla Khaniashvili. After winning a prize at the Prix de Lausanne in 2017, she was given the opportunity to study at The Royal Ballet School in London, from which she graduated in 2020.

In June 2023, Dutch National Ballet said farewell to Lauren Hunter.

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With Dutch National Ballet since: 
2020-2023


Place of Birth: 
Jinju (South Korea)


Career with Dutch National Ballet: 
Élève (2022), Junior Company (2020)


Training: 
Texas Ballet Theater School (Fort Worth, Texas), Peninsula School of Performing Arts (Los Angeles, California), The Royal Ballet School (London, England)


Awards: 

  • 2017: 5th prize at the Prix de Lausanne