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Christopher “Cree” Grant & Lauren Yalango-Grant met in 2007 while auditioning for Pilobolus Dance Theater. Shortly after joining Pilobolus, they began touring the world and soon fell in love. They were members of the company from 2007-2015. Lauren and Christopher realized that though they were strong performers individually, they were at their best when performing and working together. Today, they choreograph, teach, and perform as partners....Read more
Christopher “Cree” Grant & Lauren Yalango-Grant met in 2007 while auditioning for Pilobolus Dance Theater. Shortly after joining Pilobolus, they began touring the world and soon fell in love. They were members of the company from 2007-2015. Lauren and Christopher realized that though they were strong performers individually, they were at their best when performing and working together. Today, they choreograph, teach, and perform as partners. Credits include: King Kong, Alive on Broadway, Apple’s holiday spot, ‘Sway,’ Spike Jonze’ Changers, A Dance Story, Advil PM, ‘Dancing Around Pain,’ Seeing You, Fuerza Bruta Wayra, Queen of the Night, The Portuguese Golden Globes, The Royal Variety Performance in honor of the Queen of England, and The Conan O’Brien Show.
Lauren and Christopher also host the popular Vanity Fair YouTube series Movies in Motion. They have worked with choreographers and directors including: Spike Jonze, Randy Weiner, Sam Brown, Ryan Heffington, Denna Thomsen, John Poliquin, Drew McOnie, Stacey Tookey, The Kuperman Brothers, Alison Chase, Jennifer Jancuska, Nick Kenkel, and Jermaine Browne.
As choreographers, Lauren and Christopher create stories expressed through movement, play, and partnership. Christopher and Lauren have established their own unique approach to partnering, teaching and storytelling. They believe the classroom is first and foremost a place to learn. They strive to create an environment where it is safe to fall, fail, take on new challenges, and ultimately succeed and grow. Partnering is at the core of what they teach. They consider dance partnering one of the truest representations of shared human experience. It blurs the lines between leader and follower, and it physicalizes honest conversation between people. Through their class dancers begin to develop a mutual, nonverbal language through movement, sensitivity, trust, and play. When these things align, magic happens.
Christopher and Lauren teach in NYC, and throughout the country.
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For Lauren and Chris, partnering is a shared experience between all bodies involved. It blurs the lines between "who’s leading who?" and is a true conversation between the couple and/or group. For this to happen, those involved must develop a mutual nonverbal language through movement, sensitivity, trust, and play. Lauren and Chris will work in class to develop this language. The focus will be on weight sharing, improvisation, and having intention behind movement. Added bonus: This class is also a kickbutt workout!