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Laurent Mullen Co-Owner of Let’s Dance in Rhythm

It was while attending the many acting performances during his father’s theatrical career that as a wide-eyed boy, Laurent Mullen got bit by the bug. Since then, Mr. Mullen has performed extensively in professional theater, television, film and dance as an actor, dancer and vocalist. He is a longstanding member of both the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors. In New York City, he studied acting in the Meisner technique with Philip Gushee from the Neighborhood Playhouse and voice with Theadora Andreas. Mr. Mullen’s theatrical experience includes daytime television, commercials and industrial film roles.

A desire for higher learning inspired Mr. Mullen to earn a BA -History from UCLA and then an MS -Education in 1996, from the University of New Haven. He later taught high school Social Studies in Guilford, Connecticut for several years. A successful career in sales and marketing with YellowBook USA then followed. But the arts kept calling him back.

Laurent Mullen began ballet dancing with Connecticut Ballet when he was 17, but took a long break from it before his return to Connecticut in 1996 when he joined New England Ballet Company as a Principal dancer. By the time he retired in 2005, Mr. Mullen danced more than 18 roles over 8 years including Snow Prince, Sugar Plum Cavalier, Harlequin and Arabian Prince in Nutcracker, the Prince in Cinderella, Prince Ivan in Stravinsky’s Firebird and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Mr. Mullen received his greatest satisfaction delighting area school children for many years dancing the Wolf in Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. He also served as New England Ballet Company’s Executive Director for four years before leaving to become co-owner of Let’s Dance in Rhythm in Branford, Connecticut.

Mr. Mullen began ballroom dancing 8 years ago when current business partner Sue Woods recruited him to dance Theater Arts with her. After intensive training, competing and performing, he joined the staff of Let’s Dance in Rhythm as a part-time ballroom dance instructor. Mr. Mullen recently joined Sue Woods and Karen Pfrommer as owners of LDIR. He co-produced the successful LDIR showcase, “Shall We Dance?” in 2005. Embracing the world of ballroom dance is a natural progression in his professional artistic development and he is also striving to encourage more people to rediscover its beauty through new Youth Classes and Wedding Dance Programs.

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