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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET
Corps de Ballet
Sarah Orza is from Amherst, Massachusetts. She trained at Amherst Ballet School and on full scholarship at the School of American Ballet. In 1999 she joined New York City Ballet as an apprentice. She became a member of the corps de ballet in 2000 and danced with the company until 2006. In 2007 she joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet.
Ms. Orza has danced a leading role in George Balanchine's Agon and a featured role in Kent Stowell's Nutcracker.
At New York City Ballet, Ms. Orza danced leading roles in George Balanchine's Coppélia (Dawn), Peter Martins's The Sleeping Beauty (Emerald), and Jerome Robbins's Fanfare and Interplay. She was also featured in Balanchine's The Nutcracker, Theme and Variations, and Symphony in Three Movements; Martins's Ash, Fearful Symmetries, Hallelujah Junction, and Swan Lake; Robbins's NY Export: Opus Jazz and West Side Story Suite; and Richard Tanner's Ancient Airs and Dances. She originated roles in Eliot Feld's Organon, Miriam Mahdaviani's In the Mi(d)st, Martins's Bach Concerto V, Tanner's Soirée, Helgi Tomasson's Prism, and Christopher Wheeldon's Shambards.
Headshot Photography: ©Angela Sterling
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