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she\/her<\/em><\/p>\n Dance, Choreography<\/strong><\/p>\n Yesenia Cotto is incredibly grateful to be making her debut as Choreographer with Civic Theater this summer! She has been teaching and performing in the Grand Rapids community scene for 8 years, learning all different kinds of dance styles such as Jazz, Musical Theater, and Hip-Hop! Her favorite color is Sunset Orange, and her favorite musical to watch and listen to is West Side Story! She currently works as a Box Office Theater Assistant Manager for Spectrum Theater, as well as a Choreographer for East Kentwood High School and Catholic Central High School for their annual Spring Musicals. She studies at Grand Rapids Community College and plans to transfer to Western Michigan University, with a Major in Theater\/Directing and Minor in Dance. She loves to study plays and playwrights in her free time, along with her sister and mother\u2019s love and support along the way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n What inspires you?<\/strong><\/p>\n My mom as well as the rest of the family are extremely hard workers and strive to continuously learn and grow from where they once were, and I take that to heart in every project I am a part of.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Who is your favorite fictional character?<\/strong><\/p>\n Pink Panther!<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n What was your favorite after-school snack?<\/strong><\/p>\n BBQ CHIPS \u2013 it\u2019s a classic!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/teaching-artists\/” button_text=”Back to Teaching Artists” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_icon=”8||divi||400″ button_icon_placement=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" YESENIA COTTO she\/her Dance, Choreography Yesenia Cotto is incredibly grateful to be making her debut as Choreographer with Civic Theater this summer! She has been teaching and performing in the Grand Rapids community scene for 8 years, learning all different kinds of dance styles such as Jazz, Musical Theater, and Hip-Hop! Her favorite color is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3561,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4034","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4047,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4034\/revisions\/4047"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}