 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 4,418 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
COI - I have a connection and therefore a conflict of interest in drafting this page. I hope I’ve captured an encyclopedic tone rather than promotional, as this is my first article in Wikipedia.
Lauri Stallings is an American choreographer based in Palmetto, Georgia. She is the founder and artistic director of gloATL, a performance platform established in 2009.[1]
Early life and education
editStallings was raised in Gainesville, Florida. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in performance studies from Point Park University in 1989. She later completed a Master of Fine Arts in Social Practice and Environmental Studies at Prescott College in 2021.[2]
Career
editStallings founded gloATL in 2009. The platform presents site-specific choreography in public settings.
Performances have taken place in locations including transit stations, museums, and outdoor spaces.[1]
In 2008, she choreographed big., a production created with rapper Big Boi for the Atlanta Ballet.[3][4][5]
A 2013 interview in BOMB Magazine discussed her work and founding of gloATL.[6]
Her work has also been presented in New York. In 2015, she created And All Directions I Come to You for Drifting in Daylight, presented by Creative Time in Central Park.[7]
She has created work for Ballet Nouveau Colorado.[8]
In 2018, she was among the choreographers selected for the New Dance Partners program at Johnson County Community College.[9]
A residency in Mayrinhac-Lentour, France took place in 2021.[10]
In 2025, she choreographed dancers from glo for Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.[11]
Reception
editIn The New York Times, Roslyn Sulcas wrote that her work Halo was "difficult to categorize".[12]
Reviews have also appeared in Pittsburgh City Paper and ArtsATL.[13][14]
In 2003, she was named one of the "Chicagoans of the Year" in dance by the Chicago Tribune.[15]
She was included in Georgia Trend’s "100 Most Influential Georgians" list in 2022.[16]
She has also been included in Atlanta Magazine’s "Atlanta 500".[17]
References
edit- 1 2 Torres, Beau. "Lauri Stallings Discusses Hippodrome and gloATL". Burnaway. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Prescott College". Prescott College. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Hip-Hop Star Tries Ballet, With Help From His Friends". The New York Times. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "OutKast's Big Boi Does Ballet — But 'No Tutus' — For Atlanta Production 'Big'". MTV News. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ Simmons, David Lee (9 April 2008). "Big Boi does the ballet". Creative Loafing. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lauri Stallings". BOMB Magazine. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lauri Stallings / gloATL". Creative Time. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ MacMillan, Kyle (14 April 2010). "Ballet Nouveau Colorado lunges into the abstract with piece by Lauri Stallings". The Denver Post. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ Hanssen, Libby (19 September 2018). "Creating Work For Johnson County's New Dance Partners Requires A Sense Of Humor". KCUR. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lot. Une compagnie de danse américaine s'installe trois jours à Mayrinhac-Lentour". La Dépêche du Midi. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Fort Worth Symphony plays all-Russian program with dancers in Stravinsky Rite of Spring". The Dallas Morning News. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ Sulcas, Roslyn (14 June 2010). "Critic's Notebook: Halo". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Forever premieres". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ Perry, Cynthia Bond. "Dance review: gloATL reaches for utopia in Liquid Culture". ArtsATL. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "Chicagoans of the Year: Dance". Chicago Tribune. 28 December 2003. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "100 Most Influential Georgians". Georgia Trend. 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ↑ "2025 Atlanta 500: Arts, Sports, & Entertainment". Atlanta Magazine. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.