Lorin Latarro is a Broadway director/choreographer whose work can be seen on Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera, 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 before shifting to choreography and directing.

Life and career

Latarro graduated from the

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where she trained under Benjamin Harkarvy,

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, Hector Zaraspe and Jirí Kylián. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Juilliard, Latarro danced for the

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and later with

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and

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. Latarro made her

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debut as a replacement in the ensemble of the

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Revival and has gone on to perform in 14 Broadway shows including Movin' Out,

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, and

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. Latarro is currently developing Begin Again with music written by

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and recently directed

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’s one woman show,

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Critic's Pick, Is There Still Sex in the City, at the

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. Additional directing credits include JOY at The Laura Pels Theatre Off-Broadway, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy-The Immersive Experience in London, Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Award), The

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and Kat McPhee Show, Swelling and Irritation, Trails, Rodgers After Hammerstein at 92Y, and Three Part Harmony at Theatre Aspen, plus James Whiteside's one man show. Latarro choreographed multiple Broadway shows including Chess, Waitress, Tommy, Once Upon a Mattress, Heart Of Rock and Roll, Mrs. Doubtifre, Dangerous Liaisons, Waiting For Godot and others. On the West End, she has choreographed The Producers, Mrs. Doubtfire and Waitress. At The Metropolitan Opera her work includes La Traviata. Ms. Latarro recently choreographed a tour of a newly revised Peter Pan. Ms.Latarr choreographed Twelfth Night and The Odyssey for Public Works at The Delacorte Theater in NYC, which boasts a cast of over two hundred people. For Encores, Latarro has choreographed Oliver, Fanny and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Latarro holds a BFA from The Juilliard School where she has worked as an adjunct professor, as well as a secondary degree from NYU Tisch Film and Television Directing Fundamentals. She is a multiple Drama Desk, Lortel, Outer Critics, and Chita Rivera nominee. Latarro is the founder of Artists Against Gun Violence, and has traveled to India and Africa multiple times to work on family health and planning with The Gates Foundation. Latarro is the Artistic Associate at The Bucks County Playhouse.

Personal life

Latarro married Dr. Brian Harris Kopell, a New York City neurosurgeon, in June, 2015, with whom she has a daughter, Arden.

Stage Credits

Dance Companies: * Juilliard Dance Ensemble *

* Tharp!

References

External links

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