Loryane Ogay

Loryane (aka Lauriane Ogay) was born and raised is Switzerland, where she discovered the Hip-Hop culture. She went from school to school, to find the underground Hip-Hop establishement she was looking for; "First Move" School. From then, she got introduced to the performances and competitions (Battle) world. Simultaneously she has been travelling to different countries such as France, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Italy and Canada, to participate in parties, workshops and battle where she was often among the qualified and/or finalists. Knowing where the culture was coming from, New York came up on her travel journey in 2008 and this was the trigger associated to her passion for the Hip-Hop and House culture. Classes and parties were on the planning, everything that could immerse her in that culture. 2010 was her second trip to New York and Canada for an international competition.

In 2012, She left Switzerland on her own to travel some more, to then, officially move to New York. Since then, she is fully involved in this culture and is part of DFF (Dance Fusion Family), ATF Collective (all About The Feeling). She is as well a core member and lead dancer in Passion Fruit Dance Company who performed in Jacob's Pillow, Apollo Theater, New Victory Theater, Harlem Stage, Joe's Pub, Summer Stage Festival, Dance Place, and Alvin Ailey (LOHH Festival). Training, teaching and performing are part of her lifestyle, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Bethlehem, Switzerland, Japan and more. She was lucky enough to work for some great artists and be part of commercials such as Credo Beauty and Golden Goose.

Lauriane’s other passion lies behind the lens. As a photographer she has worked with/for LayeRhythm, Negusworld, Dancing in the Streets, Still 1 a.ka Loreto Jamling, Pepatian, Building Shop NYC. She as well works as a freelancer and organizes her own photoshoots.