Lauren ‘Lo’ Santelli was introduced to ballet at age 4 and quickly developed adoration for the art form. She expanded her dance vocabulary from ballet to tap, jazz, contemporary, lyrical & hip-hop. By age 11 she started competitive dance, winning various awards from top choreographers and at 18 Lauren joined company Dance 2XS of Chicago under the artistic direction of Andye Jamieson & David Camit before moving to Los Angeles the following year at 19.
The next 7 years were spent dancing professionally. Lauren has met and worked with LA’s top teachers and choreographers, toured the world dancing, and began teaching master classes. Some commercial credits include: assisting and performing in Anthony Thomas’ Rise of The Nation Live Stage Snippet, Natalia Kills’ opening act on tour with Katy Perry, Disney, MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew season 1 with Femme 5, BlackBerry, Hillary Duff, Enrique Iglesias, Hip-Hop International’s 2009 US Gold Medalists with Flos Angeles Dance Crew and Lil Mama.
Complimenting her dancing career, in February of 2012 Lauren received a 200hr. Yoga Alliance certification in Yoga as well as a certification for Barre classes.