Sara Whale
Sara attended the Juilliard School before joining Ram Island Dance and the Maine State Ballet where she performed,taught and choreographed for both Portland, ME based companies. During her career she has performed dance works by Charles Weidman, George Balanchine, Linda MacArthur Meile, Randy James, Daniel McCusker, Jeff Duncan, Dan Wagoner, Buffy Miller and Doug Varone. She has been the recipient of grants for choreographic and educational development in dance from the Maine Community Foundation, Maine Arts Commission, The Libra Foundation and The King Foundation. Sara moved to Cleveland in 2007 after earning a BFA in Graphic Design from Pacific Northwest College of Art. In addition to being a member of the dance faculty at Baldwin Wallace University she also teaches company class for the Dancing Wheels Company and is on staff at Verb Ballets. She has created new works for Verb Ballets, MegLouise Dance, The Dancing Wheels Company, and Cleveland Public Theatre's Big [BOX] Series. Recent performances include Cleveland's 2010 Playhouse Square Dance Showcase, Zurich Opera's 2011 production of Don Giovanni with the Cleveland Orchestra and Idaho Shakespeare Festival/Great Lakes Theatre 2011 production of Cabaret.