Lydia Layden is a current Senior at Indiana University in the Contemporary Dance Program while also studying media in advertising and arts management. During her time here, she has performed in: From the Ground Up 2021, SLIP 2022, New Moves/New Directions 2022, Boundless 2022, Journeys in Joy 2022, New Moves/New Directions 2023, Cultural Immersion 2023, SLIP 2024, New Moves/New Directions 2024, Reconstructed/Reframed, and now Echoes 2025. Lydia has also had the opportunity to be in the independent projects As I Return to Earth 2025 and Color Me Human 2022. Last year, Lydia choreographed a piece in After Images 2023, and has created a work for Echoes 2025.
Lydia Layden
Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN
Class of 2025
B.F.A., Dance
B.A., Media Advertising
(she/her/hers)
The College of Arts