Fayetteville Dance Company was established in 2018 by Owner and Artistic Director, Lauren Clemons. We are now going into our 7th season as 'FDC'. Our staff is passionate about providing technical dance and performance education to students across Northwest Arkansas. We offer both competitive and non-competitive dance experiences for ages 3 & up. Dancers have the opportunity to study Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, and Acrobatics.
Our instructors bring with them a lifelong love for dance. FDC staff is professional, hard-working, and talented. Each member of our team is passionate about the development of our students into incredible dancers and outstanding members of our community.
Lauren Clemons is the Owner and Artistic Director of Fayetteville Dance Company. Miss Lauren grew up dancing in Fayetteville and taught all throughout Northwest Arkansas before taking ownership of FDC. She took over FDC in 2018 with the goal of creating a space for people to express themselves through dance, gaining confidence in themselves along the way.
The dance studio is where Lauren has always felt most at home and she knew from a young age that she wanted to help recreate this feeling for others. Her passion for dance and teaching has allowed her to impact the lives of so many students across NWA. Lauren works hard to create an environment where both her students and staff thrive. Going into her 5th season as Owner and Director, she is looking forward to what this season brings!
Outside of the studio, Miss Lauren loves to spend time with her husband, Dillon, and their 3 dogs - Luna, Lucious, and Bruno.
Carly is a former student of Miss Lauren and is now in her 3rd season as an instructor at FDC. Carly loves working at FDC and considers it her home. Miss Carly is a University of Arkansas alumni and is a former member of the Razorback Pom Squad!
Carly loves to spend time by the pool or at the lake and loves traveling to the beach. Miss Carly also has a hidden talent… She can rap the full Prince of Bel Air theme song.
Sydney is originally from Jonesboro, Arkansas and is a 2018 graduate of the Conservatory of Theater & Dance located at Southeast Missouri State University. She graduated with her BFA in Dance and joined the staff of Fayetteville Dance Company for their first season.
She has previously danced professionally with Northwest Arkansas Ballet Theater and trained with Ballet Chicago and Ballet Memphis. This is her 15th year teaching dance and her 6th season with FDC. Sydney loves watching each dancer grow year after year and seeing them get more confident in their craft.
Olivia began dancing at the age of 2 in Dallas, TX and started competing nationally at age 5. She is a proud alum of Next Step Dance Performing Arts Center in Frisco, TX, where she trained under numerous renowned choreographers including Michelle Stafford, Nick Bass, Misha Gabriel, Joey Dowling, Martha Nichols, Lauren Adams, Katelyn Harris, and Nick Dinicolangelo, among many others.
Olivia began teaching her own choreography in high school, where she was the captain of the Hillcrest Panaders for two years. She continued to choreograph and perform as a member of the University of Arkansas Razorback Pom Squad from 2017 until she graduated in 2021. Olivia earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Management at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, and currently works for Paramount Global in Rogers, AR.
She has instructed and choreographed for studios and school teams of all ages across Northwest Arkansas and the Dallas area since 2015 and continues to strive for excellence in creativity, artistry, and technique.
Kaylee Franklin is a Fayetteville native who graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2021 with a Masters in the Art of Teaching. By day, she’s a 3rd grade teacher at Vandergriff but by night, she’s teaching at the dance studio! Kaylee danced through high school and is so excited to be a part of FDC!
Ellie grew up doing competitive gymnastics and started dancing at the age of 11. She continued to do competitive dance and dance team all through high school. She grew up in Olathe, KS and is currently a student at the University of Arkansas pursuing a nursing degree. Ellie loves teaching acro as it allows her to utilize her background in both dance and gymnastics. Her favorite part about teaching is getting to connect with her students and watching them achieve their goals!
