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A native of northern Michigan, Sarah studied at Dance Arts Academy before leaving home at the age of 13 to attend Canada’s National Ballet School. Upon graduating in 2006 she guested with The Dutch National Ballet before joining The National Ballet of Canada’s YOUdance apprentice program, the precursor to dancing as a member of NBOC through 2015. Proceeding her tenure with NBOC she pursued freelance and commercial work in NYC, which led to season dancing with BalletMet. Sarah has since pursued a freelance performance career alongside launching her teaching career as director of the ballet program for Company Dance Traverse under the directorship of Betsy Carr & Sue Buck. She has guested with New York Dance Project, Grand Rapids Ballet, Fenton Ballet Theater and more and has performed lead roles with The National Ballet of Canada, Ballet Minnesota, BalletMet, and New York Dance Project in addition to exploring commercial work in Toronto, MI, & NYC. Sarah was awarded The Cecchetti Council of America Ballet Award, The NYCDA Ballet Scholarship, NBS’ Peter Dwyer Award of Excellence, and NBOC’s Patrons’ Council Award of Merit. Sarah has had the privilege of training with Patrick Hinson, Deborah Hess, Raymond Smith, Lindsay Fischer, Nancy Bielski, Sorella Englund, Sergui Stephanschi, & Leslie Browne, and has worked with Alexei Ratmanski, Roberto Alonso, Ted Branson, Christopher Wheeldon, Jorma Elo, and Jiri Kylian to name a few. She’s a passionate teacher, mentor and choreographer with original works placing first in YAGP & NYCDA competitions. She is a yoga nidra meditation teacher and loves integrating mindfulness and recovery into her classical ballet coaching. Sarah now lives in NYC and is a rehearsal director for New York Dance Project and a faculty member at Broadway Dance Center. She continues to conduct private lessons, teach mindfulness, choreograph, and freelance perform while continuing her studies in meditation, acting, music, and dance.