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.
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
Spanish in The Nutcracker
Photo: Artists of Colorado Ballet by Mike Watson © The George Balanchine Trust, Maria Mosina, Alexei Tyukov, and Artists of Colorado Ballet by Mike Watson