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Little Named WIU Dance Instructor

May 6, 2015

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MACOMB, IL - Lara Little has been named a dance instructor at Western Illinois University's Department of Theatre and Dance, effective in August 2015.

Little was raised in the New England area, where she trained and danced with the Greater Milford Ballet Company, under the direction of Georgia Deane and Laura Young, former principal dancer of Boston Ballet. After graduating from Dean College, in Franklin, MA, with a bachelor's degree in dance, she became the owner and artistic director of City Dance in Manchester, NH.

Little's students have been accepted to The Ailey School, Philadanco II, Boston Conservatory and Pointe Park.

Little holds a master's degree in dance education from NYU, a certificate in ballet pedagogy from American Ballet Theatre and is an American Ballet Theatre (ABT) certified teacher of the levels of primary through seven.

For more information on the WIU Department of Theatre and Dance, visit wiu.edu/theatre.

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