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Lorin Latarro is an American choreographer whose work has been seen on Broadway and in dance companies internationally. She began her career as a dancer who performed in fourteen Broadway shows and toured with world renowned dance companies.
Latarro began studying dance in New York City at an early age. She graduated from the Juilliard School where she trained under Benjamin Harkarvy. She also trained with Pina Bausch, Hector Zaraspe and Jirí Kylián. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Juilliard, Latarro danced for the Martha Graham Dance Company and later with MOMIX and Twyla Tharp. She performed in 14 Broadway shows including Fosse, Movin' Out, A Chorus Line, Spamalot, and Swing!.
Latarro is now a choreographer in New York City whose credits include Broadway's "Waitress", "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", Waiting for Godot, This American Life: 21 Chump Street for Ira Glass and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Public Theater's The Odyssey, BAM's Peter and The Wolf, Queen Of The Night (Drama Desk Award), Encores! Fanny (2010), Kiss Me Kate, and Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time, American Idiot and more. She is the Artistic Associate at The Bucks County Playhouse, under Robyn Goodman and Alex Fraser, where she choreographs new musicals with directors Lonnie Price and Hunter Foster. Upcoming: Encore's God Bless You, Mr Rosewater with Michael Mayer, The Public's Twelfth Night with music by Shaina Taub, La Traviata at The Met Opera with Michael Mayer.
In addition to Latarro’s choreographic successes, she also works with the Gates Foundation on missions in Africa and is the founder of artammo.org. ART = AMMO, Artists Against Gun Violence. Latarro brings performance flash mobs to different areas of the country to encourage people to stop and truly think about their stance on gun violence in the United States.
