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Yarra Ileto
Yarra Ileto graduated with a BA First Class Honours Degree in Performing Arts (Dance) at LASALLE College of the Arts. Upon graduating, Yarra joined T.H.E Dance Company as one of the full-time founding members. She has performed in all the company’s works from 2008 to January 2015 touring extensively in Asia and Europe. She has also choreographed works for T.H.E Main Company, T.H.E Second Company and several local universities and colleges. Yarra is a professional freelance dance artist, choreographer, lecturer and artistic director of a university dance group. In 2017, she received the Young Artist Award, Singapore's highest honour for young people in the arts. She now holds an MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice from Goldsmiths, University of London.