Lauren Anderson (dancer)

**Lauren Anderson** (an haife ta a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 1965) ' yar wasan rawa ce ta Amurka kuma tsohuwar babbar 'yar rawa ce a Houston Ballet . A shekarar 1990, ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan rawa na farko 'yan Afirka-Amurka da suka zama shugabar wata babbar kamfanin rawa, wani muhimmin ci gaba a wasan rawa na Amurka.   Ta fito a wasannin rawa da yawa kamar *Don Quixote*, *Cleopatra*, da *The Nutcracker* .  Ta yi ritaya daga wasan kwaikwayo na Houston Ballet a shekarar 2006 kuma ta yi ritaya gaba ɗaya a shekarar 2009.  A shekarar 2016, an sanya takalminta na pointe daga wasan kwaikwayo na ƙarshe a gidan tarihi na Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Al'adu . 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Lauren ita ce kaɗai 'ya ga Lawrence Anderson, wani mai kula da makaranta, da kuma Doris Parker-Morales, malamar piano ta gargajiya. An haife ta a Houston, Texas, a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 1965.  Anderson ta fara darussan rawa da darussa don koyon goge, amma ta zaɓi ta ci gaba da rawa maimakon kiɗa saboda farashin darussan duka biyun, kuma ta ji cewa koyaushe za ta iya ɗaukar goge daga baya a rayuwa.  Tun tana da shekaru bakwai ta yi horo a Kwalejin Ben Stevenson ta Houston Ballet . Ta ga wani wasan kwaikwayo na kamfanin Arthur Mitchell Dance Theatre of Harlem wanda ya fallasa ta ga ƙwallon ballerinas waɗanda suka yi kama da ita tunda babu 'yan wasan ballerinas na Afirka da yawa da za a duba.  Bayan fara darussa a makarantar, Anderson ta yi wasa a cikin shirin farko na kamfanin rawa na The Nutcracker .  'Yar asalin Houston ce kuma ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Lamar a shekarar 1982.  Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare Mai Zaman Kanta ta Houston maimakon Makarantar Sakandare ta Kinder don Fasahar Wasanni da Fasaha ta gani saboda akwai ayyukan da za su iya kawo cikas ga gwaje-gwajen kakar Nutcracker. Yayin da take halartar Kwalejin Stevenson, Anderson ta fara zama mai himma game da rawa, amma Ben Stevenson ya gaya mata cewa jikinta yana da ƙarfi sosai don ya yi nasara a rawa, kuma za ta fi kyau a wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa . Madadin haka, Anderson ta fara cin abinci mara nama don rage kiba kuma ta fara ɗaukar darussan Pilates don tsawaita tsokoki. 

## Sana'a
Anderson ta shiga Houston Ballet a shekarar 1983 tana da shekaru 18 a gasar Corps de Ballet, kuma an ƙara mata matsayi zuwa mai rawa solo shekaru huɗu bayan haka. Anderson ta zama babbar 'yar rawa ' yar Afirka ta farko a Houston Ballet a shekarar 1990.  Ita ce mace 'yar rawa 'yar Afirka ta biyu da aka ƙara mata matsayi zuwa babbar 'yar rawa a wani babban kamfanin rawa na Amurka, shekaru takwas bayan an ƙara mata matsayi a Pennsylvania Ballet . 

Matsayinta na taka rawa a *Cleopatra* ya ba ta yabo a duk duniya. Ta kuma yi ayyukan George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, da Christopher Bruce, da sauransu. Anderson ya samo asali ne daga rawar Cleopatra a cikin rawar da Ben Stevenson ya ƙirƙira, kuma rawar da ta taka ta sami bita; *Boston Globe* ta kira Anderson "mai ƙarfi wajen fassara rawar da Stevenson ya ƙirƙira a kanta." Anderson ita ce babbar 'yar rawa ta farko a Bakar fata a Houston Ballet kuma ita ce kaɗai 'yar rawa 'yar Afirka-Amurka a shugabancin babban kamfanin rawa a ko'ina a duniya. A shekarar 1990, Anderson ta sami lambar yabo ta musamman a gasar rawa ta ƙasa da ƙasa, kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta masu suka ta ƙasa da ƙasa. 

Anderson ta yi ritaya daga wasan kwaikwayo a shekarar 2006.  A watan Janairun 2007, ta zama mataimakiyar mai ba da shawara a shirin Ilimi da Haɗa kan Al'umma na Houston Ballet. A wannan matsayin, tana koyar da azuzuwan rawa a makarantar Houston Ballet kuma tana gudanar da azuzuwan manyan makarantu a yankin Houston. Haka kuma ana buƙatarta a matsayin malamar makaranta kan batun rawa.  Haka kuma, a shekarar 2016, an sanya takalminta na pointe daga wasan kwaikwayonta na ƙarshe a Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi da Al'adu na Baƙar fata na Amurka da Smithsonian. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Anderson ya auri Chris Stanaway a shekarar 2021. Tana da ɗa guda tare da tsohon mijinta kuma jazz saxophonist Kyle Turner, wanda aka haife shi a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 2003. Anderson Kirista ce mai ibada, kuma tana halartar Ikilisiyar Episcopal ta St. James a Houston, inda ta shiga cikin kafa ƙungiyar hidimar rawa, Mai Tsarki Spirit Dancers . Sau da yawa tana koyarwa a makarantar ƙwararru da ake kira "The Link School of the Arts" a Michigan. Ta kira The Link ta "gida na biyu".[undefined] A cikin 2019, Anderson ta bayyana cewa har zuwa Yuli 2009 cewa ta kasance mai shaye-shaye. An kama ta saboda saurin gudu, kuma nan da nan ta sami kanta a kurkuku. Bayan ya yi murabus a kotu, Anderson ya yi kira daga alƙalin. Tun daga wannan rana, Anderson ta kasance mai natsuwa kuma tana halartar tarurrukan Alcoholics Anonymous kowace rana ba tare da la'akari da inda take ba. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Anderson yana koyar da darussan ga ɗalibai a ko'ina don fallasa su ga ballet ta hanyar koyar da laccoci da darussin motsi.

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