{"id":38067,"date":"2021-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/alumna-promoted-to-principal-dancer-in-nyc-company\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:28:02","slug":"alumna-promoted-to-principal-dancer-in-nyc-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2021-07-21\/alumna-promoted-principal-dancer-nyc-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna Promoted to Principal Dancer in NYC Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Dance alumna Laura Dearman \u201918 has been promoted to a principal dancer position with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nevilledance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neville Dance Theatre<\/a>, a Manhattan-based contemporary ballet company founded in 2005 by Brenda R. Neville.<\/p>\n<p>Dearman joined Neville Dance Theatre in September 2018 as a company member. 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