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Lara Hinds

"When God speaks there is motion.” I will never forget that statement. It helped me understand the deeper reason for why I love to dance. Dancing allows me, along with all creation, to participate in the motion God is initiating. I am learning my part in the Creator’s grand dance of LIFE. My story is not typical (having started ballet training at age seventeen), but it is filled with proof that God takes things that look impossible and brings them to life. I never dreamed that God would bring the choreography of full-length story ballets, numerous Winter Performances, and recitals out of my heart and onto a stage. I am in awe of where He has led! I initially trained with Naomi Campbell Widelski and Ballet Lubbock (1999-2003). I was honored to be a trainee with Ballet Magnificat!, and was also an instructor in their lower School of the Arts (2004-2007). I have been blessed to learn from so many gifted teachers from several countries and am so grateful for the skills and life lessons that I've gained from each of them. I have now been teaching and choreographing for over 18 years. Looking ahead, I am excited to see how God will move and reveal Himself through Christ in the Arts. I deeply value each student, family member, staff member, council member etc. We all have vital role in the glorious dance that God is preparing for us this year!

Lara teaches pointe, Company & apprentice.