Dancing to Ground

Sarah has been dancing since childhood and after many years of performing, teaching and studying internationally, she truly believes in dance as medicine that is meant to be kind to both body and soul.  A blend of her experiences in modern dance, flamenco, improvisation and ballet, her moving medicine embraces the self with kindness and creates authentic self expression. Her Dancing to Ground workshops welcome individuals to approach dance from a wholistic viewpoint that nourishes respectful consideration of the self and honors self expression. Participants are encouraged to gradually and gently integrate movement sequences into their own bodies in a way that feels organic and safe.

After decades away from dance, photography began to guide her back in 2020. Since then she has learned to dance again in the capacity that is accessible to her at this phase of her life. She finds that her unique, wonderful and challenging life experiences enrich her ability to comprehend movement as a tool for expression. She loves teaching dance and movement to humans of all ages. Her youngest student is three years old and her oldest is ninety.

She is currently on the faculty of Bainbridge Dance Center where she teaches flamenco, modern dance and creative movement for children. She studied at Cornish College of the Arts, Amor de Dios Escuela de Danza Española in Madrid and received her B.A. in Hispanic Studies from Columbia University in 2010.   She lives, dances, and makes art on Bainbridge Island, the ancestral home of the Suquamish.

March 2025 Workshop

Dancing to Ground

Fillmore Studio in Port Townsend, WA

~ a five-class series to ground your body and soul through dance, breath and music ~ 
Creativity, release and empowerment come to fruition in this beginner/low-intermediate level dance class that is kind to both body and soul. All levels are welcome, including those adventurous spirits with no formal dance training.  She offers a joyfully grounded and fluidly meditative class that embraces our bodies as mediums for expression free from an overly technical framework.