{"id":51609,"date":"2017-09-19T16:39:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T20:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/dimara-coulouras\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:54:58","slug":"dimara-coulouras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/faces\/dimara-coulouras\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimara Coulouras"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2017\/09\/Dimara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52757 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2017\/09\/Dimara.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2017\/09\/Dimara-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2017\/09\/Dimara-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/400;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surgical Patient Care Coordinator,  Ocean Drive Plastic Surgery and MedSpa, Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>Bachelor of Arts in Dance, UNC Charlotte (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hometown:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dunstable, MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dimara Coulouras was a student at UNC Charlotte when she first traveled to New York City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The summer after my freshman year I was granted a scholarship through the dance department and&nbsp;the help of Martha Graham Dance Company alumna, Professor Kim Jones.&nbsp;This first experience living and dancing in NYC really opened my eyes to what kind of career path I wanted to take.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When she graduated from the UNC Charlotte Department of Dance in May 2017, with a concentration in&nbsp;performance, choreography, and theory, she moved to New York, where she now teaches and performs as a freelance. 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