Lauriane Ogay, is a dancer and photographer from Switzerland, residing in NYC since 2012. As a core member of Passion Fruit dance company, Lauriane has performed at the Guggenheim Museum, MassMoca, Lincoln Center, 92Y, American Dance Festival (ADF), Bessies Awards, Bridge Street Theater, Dance Place DC, Harlem Stage, New Victory Theater, BAAD!, SummerStage, San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, Spring Up dance festival, MusikFest, Joe’s Pub, Ladies of Hip-Hop festival. She also has been the assistant choreographer for the students repertory works of PFDC.
Lauriane has been an active dancer in the street dance competition/battle realm since she started hip-hop at 14 years old. At 18 she began to travel to countries such as France, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Canada, Japan to participate in street/club dance events, parties and workshops. NYC being the birthplace of hip-hop culture, she later traveled there as well, which eventually planted the seed for her career switch from a business admin to a professional dancer.
She has been a guest competitor for Roundz of Flame and for Times Square Arts x Behind The Groove. She won WMC (Winter Music conference), Miami, 2012, was a judge of "I Like It x Artel 1520" Brooklyn, 2020, “I Like It” New York 2019, New York, and was finalist/semi finalist of “Roundz of Flame” (NYC, 2018), Ladies of Hip-Hop (NYC, 2015), and Kings of New York (NYC, 2019), New York City Jack (NYC, 2017).
She has also danced in commercials for Credo Beauty, Golden Goose and Metro Boutique. She is a member of the legendary Dance Fusion Family, with whom she performed at Versastyle Festival, Los Angeles, 2019, and at Drom, New York, 2016.
Lauriane’s other passion lies behind the lens. From real estate, corporate events to nightlife and studio photography, she is also the in-house photographer for LayeRhythm. She has worked for Sono Motors and Worksport (Bell ceremony at Nasdaq), The art of Alignment Academy, Runway7, NY Fashion Week, ElektraModel, Dancing in the streets, Pepatián, Negusworld, Building Shop NYC. She had her photographs published on different websites and newspapers and made her first book cover “Baring unbearable sensualities” by Rosemarie A. Roberts in 2021. Last but not least, she exhibited her photographs at 92Y and created a digital exhibition on the “Groove” thematic at Mass MoCA Museum as a first part of “Dance within your Dance” showcase with Passion Fruit Dance Co.
IG: @loryane_lo / @lauriane_ogay_photography