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Kara is a New York City based freelance dancer & dance educator, originally from Vancouver, Canada. She was an original Broadway cast member of the Tony Award winning production, Illinoise, choreographed by Justin Peck. She has had the privilege of dancing lead roles with Twyla Tharp Dance and has assisted Ms. Tharp in the staging of Deuce Coupe and Ghostcatcher on American Ballet Theatre. She also served as assistant choreographer to John Heginbotham for the Off-Broadway musical, Music City. Other performance credits include Pam Tanowitz Dance, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (Artemis in Athens), Mark Morris Dance Group (The Hard Nut, Pepperland), Janis Brenner & Dancers, Dance Heginbotham, Isaac Mizrahi’s Peter & The Wolf, Gleich Dances, Barkin/Selissen Project among many others. A BFA graduate from The Juilliard School, Kara was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2020. She was an inaugural recipient of Juilliard’s Career Advancement Fellowship and is an alumna of Youth America Grand Prix, The School at Jacob's Pillow, and Springboard Danse Montreal. |
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