{"id":16474,"date":"2022-07-25T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=16474"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:20","slug":"laura-fitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/25\/laura-fitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Fitz-Pegado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laura Fitz-Pegado<\/h2>\n

Capitol Ballet<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u00a0Ballet Santo Domingo<\/h2>\n

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While a member of the Capitol Ballet, Lauri Fitz performed in Doris W. Jones\u2019 <\/span>The Mendelssohn Suite<\/span><\/i> alongside Theressa Cassese, Robin Blair, and Beryl Thornton. <\/span>The Tennessean<\/span><\/i> declared that it was \u201cvery well danced,\u201d and the performance, part of the Southeastern Regional Ballet Festival, took place on April 22, 1970 at the Henderson A. Johnson Gymnasium of Fisk University. It is not known if Fitz performed elsewhere or with the company on other occasions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2018Admirable\u2019 Top Word For Ballet, The Tennessean<\/a><\/p>\n

Lauri Fitz-Pegado\u2019s career spans all aspects of cultural and commercial diplomacy included government service\u2013a civil servant at the Voice of America, Foreign Service Officer with the U.S.\u00a0Information Agency serving in the Dominican Republic and Mexico, a Presidential Appointment as Assistant Secretary in the Department of Commerce and Director General of the Foreign Commercial Service, a telecommunications executive, and an advocate for domestic and international clients.<\/div>\n
Lauri\u00a0continues to lift others in creative endeavors across the globe. We are here to discuss her recently published memoir,\u00a0Dancing in the Dash:\u00a0My Story of Empowerment, Diplomacy and Resilience. (Published by Bold Story Press. https:\/\/www.boldstorypress.com\/)<\/div>\n