Lauryn Winterhalder Groh
Dancing the "Bird" in Peter and the Wolf

Lauryn began her dance training at Santa Cruz Ballet Theater under the direction of Diane (McLarty) Cypher & Robert Kelley, before completing her dance studies as a member of the Pacific Northwest Professional Division and later as a part of Cincinnati Ballet II. In 2010 Lauryn joined the Sacramento Ballet and has risen through the ranks of the company to perform a wide variety of acclaimed ballets including: the title role of Giselle, Amy Seiwert’s Elpis and It’s Not A Cry, George Balanchine’s Star & Stripes (Liberty Bell), Tarantella, Apollo (Polyhymnia), Concerto Barocco, Rubies, and The Four Temperaments (Sanguinic). Lauryn was also a founding member of Capital Dance Project and is currently working on attaining a nursing degree.