Sara Windal
Rancho Santa Margari,CA
Summary
Confident Ballet Teacher with 25 years teaching experience in Orange County creates a welcoming and safe learning environment for all students. Promotes methods that build confidence and encourage expression from a personal training and performing experience that spanned a wide spectrum of methodologies. Special emphasis on musicality and artistic expression.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Ballet Teacher
Anaheim Ballet And Laguna Dance Theater
01.2007 - Current
- Developed strong rapport with students by taking a genuine interest in their personal lives, providing emotional support when needed.
- Provided constructive criticism during rehearsals, enabling dancers to refine their performance techniques before public performances or competitions.
- Tailored each class to meet student needs and abilities and allow dancers to progress at comfortable pace.
- Encouraged proper alignment, posture, and body awareness through consistent reinforcement during class instruction.
- Experience teaching every age and level from pre-ballet through adult with a special love for adult ballet programs
- Served as rehearsal assistant, YAGP coach and back stage assistant when needed.
Ballet Teacher
Saddleback Dance Center
09.2001 - 01.2006
Principal Dancer
Anaheim Ballet
Dancer
Hartford Ballet
Dancer/Student
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA06.2023
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Seattle, WAStanley Holden Dance Center
Los Angeles, CASkills
- Musicality and artistry
- Exemplary communication skills
- Sound technique that supports injury free progress
Timeline
Ballet Teacher
Anaheim Ballet And Laguna Dance Theater
01.2007 - Current
Ballet Teacher
Saddleback Dance Center
09.2001 - 01.2006
Principal Dancer
Anaheim Ballet
Dancer
Hartford Ballet
Dancer/Student
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Bachelor of Arts -
UCLA
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Stanley Holden Dance Center
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