Sara Stockwell was born in Rochester, Minnesota, and trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. She joined Eugene Ballet in 2011 and decided sometime between then and now to adopt Eugene as her home. With EB she has been featured in diverse repertoire, including originating several notable characters, including Amanda in Portrait in Glass and the Builder in Petrushka, both choreographed by Suzanne Haag, and the Sea Witch and Rose in Toni Pimble’s Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen, respectively. Sara also performs on occasion with Wax Poetry Revue in vaudeville-inspired variety shows and OCF collaborations. She appeared in Birds Flying Through, a mixed media show co-produced by A-Squared Productions and LCC, and as Anna 2 in The Seven Deadly Sins with Siri Vik at the Shedd Institute. As an advocate for greater community involvement in the arts she works regularly with #instaballet, occasionally offers ballet-based movement classes, serves on the board of Fermata Ballet Collective, has choreographed for and performed with Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble, and has most recently choreographed on fellow EB dancers for a collaboration with Delgani String Quartet.
