Lara Lanphier

Lara Lanphier has extensive experience as a dance instructor and arts educator, currently serving as a Dance Instructor at Easter Seals Greater Houston since 2010, teaching adaptive dance classes for children and adults. In addition, Lara has been a Teaching Artist with Houston Ballet since 2019, focusing on adaptive dance in public schools. As the Director and Owner of Exult Dance since 2018, operations and daytime dance classes for homeschool families are managed. Lara also contributes as a Dance Instructor, Mentor, and Outreach Coordinator at OPEN SKY ARTS COLLECTIVE since 2014, where teaching, choreography, and community outreach are key responsibilities. Previous roles include teaching dance to children at Evelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston from 2010 to 2015 and ballet to university students at Rice University from 2009 to 2015. Lara holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with a minor in Psychology and Social Behavior from UC Irvine, earned from 1996 to 2000.