Deirdre Elizabeth Anne Tarrant is a New Zealand dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She was the founding director of Footnote Dance and is principal of the Tarrant Dance Studios.
Awards and honours
Tarrant was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2000 New Year Honours for "services to dance and the community". She was promoted to Companion in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours for "services to contemporary dance". In 2006 she was one of the first distinguished alumni to be appointed by the Victoria University of Wellington. == Personal ==