SarahAnne Perel
SarahAnne Perel | |
|---|---|
| Education | School of American Ballet Professional Children's School Duke University (BA) |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Career | |
| Current group | Miami City Ballet |
| Former groups | Carolina Ballet Los Angeles Ballet |
SarahAnne Perel is an American ballerina. Since 2024, she has danced with the Miami City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet. Perel was formerly a dancer with Carolina Ballet and Los Angeles Ballet.
Early life, education, and training
[edit ]Perel grew up in New York.[1] From 2004 to 2014, she attended the School of American Ballet.[1] During her time as a student at the School of American Ballet, she performed with the New York City Ballet in productions of The Nutcracker , Coppélia , and Circus Polka and attended summer intensives at San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.[1] Perel studied under Suzanne Farrell at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. for three summers.[1]
She graduated from the School of American Ballet and the Professional Children's School in 2014.[1]
She earned a bachelor of arts degree from Duke University, where she majored in international and comparative studies and minored in dance and Spanish language.[2] [3] While in school, she participated in American Ballet Theatre's residency at Duke University as well as Alonzo King / LINES Ballet's and Ballet X's residencies.[2] She was a recipient of the Clay Taliaferro Award in 2018 and the Julia Wray Award in 2020 from Duke's dance department.[2]
She served as the artistic director of Devils en Pointe, a student-run ballet organization at Duke University, and performed in the organization's productions of The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty , La Bayadère , and Pandora's Box.[2]
Career
[edit ]In 2014, Perel joined the corps de ballet at Los Angeles Ballet and danced with the company until 2018.[2] [1] While dancing with Los Angeles Ballet, she performed in works by George Balanchine, Sir Frederick Ashton, Colleen Neary, and Thordal Christensen including Don Quixote , Romeo and Juliet , and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 .[1] [4] She danced the Rose lead in Waltz of the Flowers with Los Angeles Ballet at the Dolby Theatre.[3] She also taught ballet at the Los Angeles Ballet School.[1]
In 2018, upon invitation by ballet mistress Debra Austin, she joined Carolina Ballet as a guest artist.[3] In 2020, she joined the corps de ballet at Carolina Ballet.[3] She danced in Carolina Ballet's production of The Nutcracker for three seasons and performed in Swan Lake and George Balanchine's Serenade .[2] [5] While dancing at Carolina Ballet, she also worked as a dance teacher at Triangle Day School and Barriskill Dance Theater School in Durham, North Carolina and tutored Spanish-speaking students at Durham School of the Arts.[2]
In 2023, she was featured in Dance Magazine .[3]
In 2024, she joined the corps de ballet at Miami City Ballet.[6] In November 2024, she performed in Miami City Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream as a member of Queen Tatiana's retinue.[7]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Barriskill Studio Company | Barriskill Dance Theatre School | Durham". barriskill-dance.
- ^ a b c d e f g "SarahAnne Perel | Dance Program". danceprogram.duke.edu.
- ^ a b c d e DeSantis, Marissa (November 10, 2023). "Carolina Ballet's SarahAnne Perel is Pursuing a Career Without Limits". Dance Magazine.
- ^ "SarahAnne Perel". Carolina Ballet.
- ^ "SarahAnne Perel". www.miamicityballet.org.
- ^ Laubacher, Kyra (September 4, 2024). "Your September Roster Roundup: Dancers and Directors on the Move". Pointe Magazine.
- ^ "Miami City Ballet - A Midsummer Night's Dream - BROWARD - SAT NOV 2, 2024 - 2:00PM". audienceaccess.co.