Laura Garrett

Laura Elaine Garrett (she/her) is the Artistic Director at Moving Arts Española, a current dance instructor at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, En Pointe School of Dance, and Moving Arts Española, and a professional performer with Tri-M Productions. She grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is a graduate of Goucher College in Maryland. Her work, Junto a ti, was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa Brooke Pierce Award in the Fine Arts and was selected to be performed in the American College Dance Association’s National Gala. This work explores her Mexican heritage and the pain caused by policies of the United States to many immigrant families. In March of 2020, she directed, produced, and curated an art gallery and performance entitled “Mujeres Fuertes”. For this production, she brought together Latina artists and performers from Baltimore to showcase their work centered on the theme of honoring influential Latina women from history. In 2022, she was selected into the first National Cohort of David Herrera Performance Company’s Mentorship and Networking Program, LatinXtensions. As a performer, she has danced in works by Karole Armitage, Charlotte D’Amboise, Jacques D’Amboise, Iyun Harrison, Kevin Jenkins, Ann Reinking and Yin Yue. As a leader at Moving Arts Española, Garrett continues to explore how art is a tool to create community and to empower and uplift those who are far too often overlooked.