Lauren Bonfiglio

Photo: Jade Young.

Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, Lauren Bonfiglio started her training at the Academy of Dance Arts at age three under the direction of Jennifer James Church and Shayne and Nick Mishoe.

Bonfiglio attended American Ballet Theatre’s Young Dancer Summer Workshop in New York City in 2007 and 2008. After participating in ABT’s New York Summer Intensive in 2009, she was accepted as a student at the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School under the direction of Franco De Vita. She was the recipient of Merit Scholarships in 2010 and 2011 and the Northern Trust Scholarship for 2012-2013. She attended ABT’s New York Summer Intensive from 2009 to 2013 and was an ABT National Training Scholar in 2011 and 2012.

Bonfiglio performed in Raymond Luken’s Jerusalem Divertissement at the 2012 Prix Rome. With American Ballet Theatre, she performed the role of Clara in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker in 2010 and 2011.

Bonfiglio joined ABT Studio Company in September 2013, became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2014, and joined the corps de ballet in January 2015. Her repertoire includes the Lead Gypsy in Don Quixote, Columbine, the Spanish Dance, and one of the Nutcracker’s Sisters in Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker, a harlot in Romeo and Juliet, Red Riding Hood in Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty, a little swan, the Spanish Princess, and Lead Czardas in Swan Lake, Persephone in Sylvia, and featured roles in La Follia Variations and In the Upper Room.

ABT is grateful to Mickey Lemle for supporting the Dancer Fund in honor of Lauren Bonfiglio.