We are thrilled to welcome Lauri-Michelle Houk back to PNB School as a guest faculty member this fall. She will be teaching various levels in the school for the first six to eight weeks of the school year, while faculty member Dana Hanson is away.
Lauri-Michelle Houk trained at the School of American Ballet in New York City. She danced with Chicago City Ballet, was a soloist with Pacific Northwest Ballet (1987-1994), and was a principal dancer with the Nashville Ballet. She has staged several ballets including works by Kent Stowell and Marius Petipa. Presently Lauri-Michelle is continuing to share her love of ballet with all ages as the director of San Elijo Dance & Music Academy and West Coast Ballet Theatre in North County San Diego, co-founded in 2001 with her husband Benjamin Houk.