LAUREN WISDOM grew up in Dallas, Texas and began her training at Texas Ballet Theater. She graduated in 2010 with a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University. She was a company member with METdance from 2010-2012 where she performed works by Jason Parsons, Kate Skarpetowska, and Larry Keigwin before becoming an apprentice with Nashville Ballet II. There she performed soloist roles in Napoli and in Banning Roberts Bouldin’s The Ritual. She joined Bruce Wood Dance from 2014-2017 where she performed works by Bruce Wood, Joy Bollinger, Albert Drake, and Kimi Nikaidoh. Her performance experience also includes dancing with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Opera, Larwell Productions, AVSD productions, and the Jordan Kahn Music Company. She is a dancer, teacher, resident choreographer, and rehearsal director for Collin County Ballet Theatre. Gonzales’s choreography has been recognized and selected for Honor status at the Regional Dance America conference, and most recently received their National Choreography Recognition Award for her ballet, Perpetuum Mobile. In 2019, Gonzales received the President’s Aspiring Artist Scholarship from California Institute of the Arts, where she pursued her MFA in Choreography.