Laura Young

Background

Young, Laura was born on August 5, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of James Vincent and Adelaide Janet Young.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Career

Dancer, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, New York City, 1971-1973; dancer, Boston Ballet Company, 1963-1965; principal dancer, Boston Ballet Company, 1965-1971, 73-89; ballet mistress, Boston Ballet Company, 1989-1991. Guest teacher Dance Teachers Club Boston, 1978-1982, Dance Masters Association, 1979, 90, 92, 93, Walnut Hill School, Natick, Massachusetts, 1984-1987, 90-91. Assistant director Boston Ballet II, 1984-1986, teacher, director, 1986-1996, director summer dance program, 1986-1994.

1st honorary member Dance Masters Association, Chapter 5, 1992. Member of faculty Boston Conservatory, 1990-1994. Principal Boston Ballet School, since 1993.

Achievements

• Laura Young has been listed as a noteworthy Dance educator, choreographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Guild Museum Artists, Dance Masters American (honorary).

Connections

Married Anthony Charles Catanzaro, September 26, 1970 (divorced November 1981). Married Christopher Edward Mehl, Aug.23, 1987.

Father:

James Vincent

Mother:

Adelaide Janet Young

Spouse:

Anthony Charles Catanzaro

Spouse:

Christopher Edward Mehl