Born and raised in St. John's Newfoundland, Sarah began dancing there as a child. She trained with Gail Innes, Sandra Blackmore and Kittiwake Dance Theatre, with whom she performed for five years. She went on to graduate from the School of Toronto Dance Theatre in 1996. Since that time she has danced for David Pressault Dance, Pigeons International, Lynda Gaudreau's compagnie de Brune, The Randy Glynn Dance Project, Micheal Menegon, among others.

Striving to base herself out of her beloved island, Sarah's own creative process is one that explores the human condition. How we affect ourselves, others and our environments. Growing up in such a unique environment as Newfoundland Sarah developed a strong sense of humility and awe for her physical surroundings that inspires her artistic expression and life. She began experimenting with creation in 1996 after that asshole in Toronto hit her while on her bike with his SUV at Parliament and Carlton and she couldn't finish the contracts she was hired for. She passed that summer in St. John's with a broken elbow and created Menow, her first solo.

Since her return to St. John's two years ago , sarah has formed Collective Gutsink, an interdisciplinary group of local artists with a focus on improvisation, her company gutsink productions has become an incorporated not for profit organization, she is the newest curator for The Festival of New Dance as well as dance advisor for Sound Symposium and dance advisory committee member for the Canada Council for the Arts."

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