STUDIO L DANCE CO.
WELCOME TO STUDIO L
We are working on our schedule for the upcoming season, and registration will be open as soon as it is complete! Until then, please email us with any questions, or call or text 337-368-8088 (leave a message and we WILL get back to you!).
Studio L is a proud ally of Dance Awareness: No Child Exploited (DA:NCE), an organization that is dedicated to protecting children in dance by providing education and resources to end exploitation through hypersexualization of children in adult costumes, choreography, and music. At Studio L, we believe in a strong technical foundation in ballet, tap and jazz and in letting kids be kids.
Dance can do wonders for a child's growth. Not only does it teach rhythm and physical fitness; it teaches discipline, work ethic, good manners, social skills, teamwork, body awareness, spatial awareness, and more. We believe that dance can help to build character and raise children into successful adults, and we are excited to introduce dance to the new generation!
We are located on the third floor of Central School in room 312 (809 Kirby St, Lake Charles, LA). You will enter through the door by the fountain in the parking lot and sign in with the security guard before heading upstairs!
We are now offering Ballerina Birthday Parties! Click here to book!
A B O U T T H E O W N E R
Lauren Fontenot is the owner of Studio L Dance Company. She began dancing at age four at Rosie's Dance Center in her hometown of Welsh, LA and has been dancing ever since.
She minored in dance at LSU and has worked with instructors such as Sheryl Murakami, Yanis Marshall, Shirlene Quigley, Ian Eastwood, and Laurie Johnson at numerous conventions and Broadway Dance Center in New York. She has also had the privilege of training with the Radio City Rockettes.
Lauren began teaching dance at age 19 at Jete Dance Company and Rosie's Dance Center. After spending some time dancing in New York, Lauren felt compelled to open an all-adult dance studio that would provide a place for adults to continue dancing past childhood, as well as to introduce adults who have never danced to a fun and effective way to get in shape. Thus, No Supervision Dance Studio (now called "La Femme by Studio L") was born! Lauren is so proud of the friendships formed and memories made among students and is excited to continue teaching adult classes.
In addition to studio classes, Lauren also choreographs for ACTS Theatre in Lake Charles, where she currently holds three ACTA awards for choreography. In 2023, as a first-time coach for Mad Hot Ballroom---a major local competition and fundraiser for The Whistle Stop---she coached her celebrity partner to a first place win, and in 2024, she coached another celebrity partner to a third place win.
Lauren is thrilled to teach kids again and introduce dance to the new generation. She has a deep passion for teaching dance, and also for protecting kids from sexual exploitation from predators, which is why she is so grateful to work with Dance Awareness: No Child Exploited (DA:NCE), where she can combine the two. She doesn't know where she would be without dance and she is grateful to be able to pass that love on to the next generation.
