Lauren’s CV
Lauren Godla
Education
BA University of California Davis, Davis, CA
June 2012
Major: Exercise Biology; Minor: Performance Studies with an Emphasis on Dance
Ashtanga Yoga Certified, Mount Madonna, CA
January 2016
National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified, Berkeley, CA
Sept 2017
Experience
Artist in Residence, Redwood National and State Parks, April 2024- present
Creating a Dance Film to celebrate the Parks
Artist for Upstate California Creative Corps, Klamath River, Sept 2023- present
Creating a Dance Film to celebrate the Klamath River Restoration
Founder, Dirt & Glitter Art Adventures, Jan 2022- present
Creating Site Specific Performances in wild places for the public
Movement Instructor, Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation Education Department, Aug 2022- Sept 2023
Contemporary Dance and Yoga
River Guide, Redwood Rides Adventure Outfitters, May 2015- Sept 2023
Safely guide small to large groups of people down various stretches of water
Movement Instructor, Lauren Godla, Sept 2006- March 2020
Dance, Yoga, Strength Training, Functional Movement
Dancer, Project Bandaloop, Oct 2019- Sept 2021
Touring Vertical Dancer, Performing on the side of buildings across the country
Co-Artistic Director, Floorplay Dance Comedy, Sept 2016- Sept 2021
Created Original Dance Comedy Productions
Choreographer, Marin Shakespeare Company, May 2019- Sept 2019
Created Original Choreography for a Midsummer Night’s Dream
Director, Breathing Bridges, Dec 2015- Sept 2016
Created Site Specific Performances honoring water and women
Dance Instructor, Santa Cruz Waldorf School, Sept 2012- May 2014
Introducing Middle School Students to a wide range of dance techniques
Workshops
Finding Flow with Lo, Pacific Northwest Physical Therapy, Crescent City, CA Ongoing
Ground, Tolowa Dunes Stewards and Redwood Parks Conservancy, CA. Sept 2022
Intro to Yoga, Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation Summer Camp, Smith River, CA August 2022
Dance Fitness with Curly and Curvy, Zoom March-June 2020
Partnering with Fruit Tart, Finnish Hall, Berkeley, CA June 2019
Floorwork, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA Sept 2017
Contact Improvisation, CounterPulse Theatre, San Francisco, CA March 2017
Contemporary Partnering, Delta College, Stockton, CA Oct 2017
Grants & Awards
Upstate California Creative Corps 2023
San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2022
FAR Grant 2022
Three Turns Exhibition 2021
Lead Artist Grant 2017
SafeHouse Arts 2018
DNACA Grant 2007
Artistic Interests
Site Specific Performance
Restorative Movement
Water Rights
Yoga
River Systems
Hip Hop Dance Culture
Community Practice
Contemporary Dance Technique
Contact Improvisation Acrobatic & Aerial Technique
Original Work
In Our Veins
Evening Length Site Specific Performance
DiRT & GLiTTER Production, Nii~lii/Smith River, CA 2022
Isolation
8 min Site Specific Group Dance Piece
DiRT & GliTTER Production, Nii~lii/Smith River, CA 2022
Two Suns
7 min Site Specific Vertical Dance Performance and Film
DiRT & GLiTTER Production, Nii~lii/Smith River, CA 2022
Drop
3 min Site Specific Vertical Dance Film
FloorPlay Production, Nii~lii/Smith River, CA 2020
Breadth
1 min Dance Film
FloorPlay Production, Oakland, CA 2020
Curvy and Curly
Evening length Performance, performed by Kristen Rulifson and Lauren Godla
Above Ground Festival, San Francisco, CA 2019
Bargaining With God
Evening length Performance, performed by Kristen Rulifson and Lauren Godla
SafeHouse Arts, San Francisco, CA 2017
Bring Me Water
3 min group Dance
Breathing Bridges Production, Nii~lii/Smith River, CA 2016
Grandma’s Hands
3 min Vertical Dance Solo
Breathing Bridges Production, Nii~lii/Smith River, CA 2016
River
4 min duet, choreographed with Molly Katzman
Motion Pacific, Santa Cruz, CA 2014
Follow the Buffalo
6 min Group Dance Piece
Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA 2013
Disconnect
10 min Group Dance Piece
UC Davis, Theatre and Dance Production, Davis, CA 2012
Selected Performance
Transpire, Bandaloop, Melecio Estrella Choreographer
Morrison Arts Center, Boise, ID
Sept 2021
Spin it Into Gold, Bandaloop, Melecio Estrella Choreographer
Virginia Tech, VA
Sept 2021
Shine, Bandaloop, Rachel Lincoln Choreographer
George Washington University, DC
Oct 2021
Dropping in the Out, Kristen Rulifson Choreographer
Berkeley, CA
Nov 2016
And the Snow Fell Softly on the Living and the Dead, Ellen Bromberg Choreographer
UC Davis, CA
May 2012
Anonymous, Iu-Hui Chua Choreographer
Davis, CA
May 2012
Additional Training
Omega Flow Floorwork with Rascal Randi 2023
Bandaloop Workshops and Artistic Research, Oakland, CA 2015 - 2022
Curly and Curvy Residency, Lookout Arts Quarry, Bellingham, WA 2022
Yat Method Acting Technique, Tom Bentley-Fisher, Oakland, CA 2020
Moving Alchemy, Sara Shelton Mann, Djerassi Residency, CA 2020
Encuentros Mutantes, Dance Intensive, Queretero,
Mexico 2019
Excavate, Joe Goode Performance Group, San Francisco, CA 2018
Selected Teachers
Vertical Dance: Courtney Moreno, Roel Seeber, Becca Dean, Melecio Estrella 2016-2022
Breaking & House: Gaby, Seth, Coflo; MVMNT Studio, Berkeley 2018-2020
Axis Syllabus: Kevin O’Conner, Nuria Bowart, Kristen Rulifson 2017-2019
Contemporary & Modern: David Grenke, Molly Katzman, Christine Germain 2009-2016
Improvisation & Composition: Joe Goode, Iu-Hui Chua, Nina Little 2009 - 2014
Jazz: Helen Jackson Jones, Melissa Wiley 1995- 2016
Acrobatics: Tammy Burrows 1995- 2004