Sara Herrera
Sara Herrera is a professional artist, choreographer, and performer with over 17 years of experience teaching Modern, Jazz, Musical Theater and Contemporary dance in the DC metro area, NYC, NJ, summer stock in Maine and at the Sapperlot Youth Theatre Festival in Brixen, Italy.
She has performed and toured nationally in productions such as What's Going On-The Marvin Gaye Project (a DancePlace and VT Dance production), Paper Dreams (Imagination Stage production in collaboration with Mons Dansa-Barcelona, Spain); performed with DC local theater-Pointless Theatre's Rite of Spring and Forest Treas; Women’s Voices International Theatre Festival with Rainbow Theatre Project; In Series: Opera and More as a flamenco dancer in the Spanish operas, La Vida Breve, Goyesca’s y Goyesquitas at the Gala Hispanic Theater with additional performances at the Embassies of Indonesia, Austria, and Hungary. She has been a guest artist with some of Washington DC’s most prestigious dance companies such as darlingdance, Rebollar Dance, Uprooted Dance, SpaceTime Dance, DancEthos and with the Minneapolis based dance company, BodyCartography. Sara’s work has been showcased at the Capital Fringe Festival (DC), Asheville Fringe Festival (NC), Sapperlot Festival (Italy), Arts on Site (NYC) and the John F. Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage commissioned by Agora Dance (DC).
Before returning to her hometown of Fort Worth after 23 years, Sara was also passionately involved in her Washington, DC neighborhood, curating Arts and Community events such as outdoor summer dance concerts, showcasing local artists during First Fridays, A Night of 1,000 Fridas and Opera at Lincoln's Cottage, to name a few. Collaborating, and supporting, with local businesses and neighbors to highlight their vibrant DC neighborhood while presenting art in unconventional spaces. She was the co-founder of Petworth Arts Collaborative, an active member of the Lower Georgia Avenue Main Street Neighborhood Strategy Council and Ward 4 Arts in Washington, DC.
Sara has had the honor of being the Education Director and Dance Instructor for Artes de la Rosa Cultural Center for the Arts youth program, Artes Academy in her hometown of Fort Worth, TX. To be given this opportunity to share her experiences as an artist, both the failures and successes as well as everything in between, to aspiring young artists, especially Latinx artists, is truly a gift. In addition to her role with Artes Academy, Sara was also the Program Manager for Leadership Fort Worth's Leader Kids program and is currently a board member of LGBTQ SAVES.
Sara is also a proud member of the Nuestra Artist Collective, an artist collective based in Dallas, Texas. Our mission is to collaborate, support, build bridges, and create exhibitions that empower our voices as Xicana and Latina artists.
Sara’s artistic journey continues as she has made her way back to the East Coast and is now the Education Coordinator at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia for their youth arts program and an overly excited member of Batalá Philly.
Philly has always had a special place in her heart and she could not be more thrilled to return with her family.
*Sara holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA, she is also a triathlete with 7 races under her belt including an IronMan and is over the moon to share this beautiful world with her husband, their daughter and three, very loved, four-legged buddies, Rocky (2008-2022), Apollo and Philly.