Lauren Anderson is an American ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. In 1990, she was one of the first African American ballerinas to become a principal for a major dance company, an important milestone in American ballet. Ms. Anderson appeared in many ballets such as "Don Quixote," "Cleopatra" and "The Nutcracker." In 2016, Anderson had her pointe shoes from her final performance placed in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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