Lori Werner
- Actress
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."