Nydza encouranged Lawrence to get involved at the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars,[2] where he caught the attention of Marguerite Porter MBE.
[4] In June 2020, Lawrence launched an online choreography challenge alongside bbodance "to stimulate students' creativity and support their psychological wellbeing during lockdown.
Lawrence co-created GradPro[9] along with Julie Bowers in 2022 as a platform for young graduates to be seen by companies and directors and to provide mentoring and coaching.
[10] Carlos Acosta: Don Quixote (Basilio, Espada) Frederick Ashton: The Dream (Lysander), Les Rendezvous (lead couple), La Fille mal gardée (Colas) George Balanchine: Apollo, Serenade, Slaughter on tenth avenue David Bintley: Cinderella (Prince), The Prince of the Pagodas (King of the South), Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Far from the Madding Crowd (Tumbler), Carmina Burana (Third Seminarian), The King Dances (La Grâce), Faster (Thrower), Aladdin ('Emerald', 'Gold'), 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café (Southern Cape Zebra, 'Now Nothing'), Flowers of the Forest, E=mc², Tombeaux, The Shakespeare Suite (Othello) and David Bintley and Galina Samsova's production of Giselle (Albrecht), Hobsons Choice (Salvation Army), The Tempest (Caliban) Edward Clug: Radio and Juliet Michael Corder: Le Baiser de la fee John Cranko: Pineapple Poll (Crew) and Card Game (Five of Hearts), The Taming of the Shrew (Lucentio) Jiri Kylian: Forgotten Land (White Couple) Jessica Lang: Lyric Pieces, Wink José Limón:The Moor's Pavane (Othello) Kenneth MacMillan: Pavane, La Fin du jour and Elite Syncopations ('Friday Night', 'Bethena Concert Waltz'), Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Concerto (Second movement) Cathy Marston: Atonement, the Cellist Vincente Nebrada: Our Waltzes (Brown Couple) Juliano Nunes: Interlinked Valery Panov: Liebestod Uwe Scholz: The Seventh Symphony (1st and 4th movement Principal couple) Twyla Tharp: In the Upper Room Will Tuckett: Lazuli Sky (Principal Couple) Ninette de Valois: Checkmate (Black Castle) Didy Veldman: Sense of Time Alexander Whitley: Kin.
Lawrence created Robbie in Cathy Marston's Atonement, the principal role in George Williamson's Embrace, Pan in Ruth Brill's Arcadia, La Grâce in David Bintley's The King Dances, Alexander Whitley's Kin, Red Couple in Juanjo Arqués's Ignite, and roles in Didy Veldman's Sense of Time, Jessica Lang's Lyric Pieces and Wink, Jack Lister's A Brief Nostalgia, Miguel Altunaga's City of a Thousand Trades and Juliano Nunes's Interlinked.