Lauren Carmen is a Costume Designer, maker, & craftsperson in NYC. Coming from a background as a professional ballet dancer, Lauren strives to use her knowledge of the performers’ experience, bodies, & movement to help storytellers impact audiences in beautiful & meaningful ways.

Particularly drawn to musically-driven projects, or projects with a sense of whimsy, Lauren works largely designing for dance & opera, but also for theatre and film.

She loves working with young artists as well as established professionals, & regularly teaches classes in costume design, costume construction, and designing for dance, at Marymount Manhattan College, Pace University, & NYU Tisch Graduate & Undergraduate programs, in roles as adjunct faculty, instructor, and guest teaching artist.


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