WELCOME TO THE HOMEPAGE OF

Let me introduce myself.   My name is Laurie Merriman and I hold a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Illinois in Urbana and a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Ballet and Modern Dance from Texas Christian University.  I have been practicing my craft at Illinois State University since 1988 while also continuously working independently outside of academia. 

While it seems I live at the University, I actually live out in the country here in Illinois with my husband, Greg.   We have three children.  Graham~now 27 years old, lives and works out of state,  Kaetlin~now 21 years old, is an Animal Science student at the University of Illinois in Urbana, and Emma~now 8 years old, is our feisty Third Grader at Metcalf Laboratory School.

This site contains information related to the courses I teach and my research related materials as a creative artist.   I hope you find this site interesting and useful...enjoy!   Thank you for visiting my homepage.   

"Dance is a dialogue, something has to be behind the steps."
- Carmen deLavallade

"Work like you don't need the money; love like you've never been hurt; 
dance like nobody's watching."

Send me an E-mail.  I'd love to hear from you! 
Just click onto my address:  lmerri@ilstu.edu  

                                                                       

http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmerri
January 8, 2008