Sara Thomas

CORPS DE BALLET

Sara Thomas is originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She began her ballet training at the age of 12 with Metropolitan Ballet Academy. While in school, she was selected by Roy Kaiser to perform in Pennsylvania Ballet’s The Nutcracker as Spanish. Sara spent summers training with BalletX, Washington Ballet, and Atlanta Ballet. She joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2012. Sara then danced with Nashville Ballet under the direction of Paul Vasterling for a few seasons. In 2015, she returned to Colorado Ballet and joined the Studio Company where she had the opportunity to perform some of her favorite ballets with the Company. Sara was promoted to the main Company as an Apprentice in 2017 and then the Corps de Ballet in 2019. In 2021, Sara choreographed an original piece, Embrace It or Erase It, on the Company.
 

Hometown:
Bucks County, PA

Dance training and awards:
Metropolitan Ballet Academy under the direction of Lisa Collins Vidnovic, Natalya Zeiger, and Denise D’Angelo
Summer programs at BalletX, Washington Ballet, and Atlanta Ballet Competed in YAGP
Went to Regional Dance America where she won several full scholarships to summer programs.

Joined Colorado Ballet:
Studio Company 2012-2013, 2015-2017
Company 2017

Promotions:
Promoted from Studio Company to Company in 2017
Promoted from Apprentice to Corps de Ballet in 2019

Selected roles and ballets:
Princesses in Possokhov’s Firebird
Balanchine’s Serenade
Swan corps in Swan Lake
Fairies in Peter Pan
Marzipan, Russian, and Spanish in The Nutcracker 
Little Red Riding Hood and Jewels in The Sleeping Beauty
Domani from Nine Sinantra Songs, Twyla Tharp. 
Second pas de deux in Petit Mort, Jiri Kylian.
Demi Soloist in Theme and Variations, George Balanchine.
Pop Corn Girl and Curly Cues in Wizard of Oz, Septime Weber
Harlots from Derek Deane’s Romeo and Juliet