Lori Werner

Lori has had dance training since the age of three. She has a well rounded background in all performing arts including ballet, tap, jazz acrobatics, drama, voice and modeling. Lori has won many titles regionally and nationally, among them International Cinderella Teen 85-86. Lori was the first Junior Miss Dance of America Chapter #33, Dance Masters of America. Also 1985 Miss Dance Chapter #33, Dance Masters of America. She is a graduate of the Northside High School of the Arts where she played Cassia in a "Chorus Line" and danced for the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Lori was a featured dancer on the 1988 60th Academy Awards and had the opportunity to work with the late choreographer Michael Peters ("Thriller") Michael Kidd and Jerome Robbins. In early 1989 she could be seen in Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation short film and videos, and then was chosen to replace the Tony award nominated role of "Mr. Monotony" in Jerome Robbins' Broadway in New York. Lori was featured as "Diamond" in several videos and the world tour of Prince's "Diamonds and Pearls." Also, she toured with Ricky Martin as the "La Vida Loca" girl and performed with Michael Jackson worldwide as his lead girl in "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Dangerous." She was the associate choreographer for Broadway's Tony nominated "Smokey Joe's Cafe." Show less «