Sarah Elena Wolff is a freelance ballet dancer based in New York Theater. She is most recently a member of New York Theater Ballet, where she danced principal roles for the 25/26 season. In addition to professional performance, Sarah is a dance educator, meditation teacher, and multidisciplinary artist. She is an alum of Canada’s National Ballet School and a former company member with The National Ballet of Canada for nearly a decade. She’s danced principle roles with The National Ballet of Canada, New York Theater Ballet, BalletMet, Ballet Minnesota, International Classical Ballet, New York Dance Project, Fenton Ballet Theater, and Traverse City Dance Project, and has guested with Dutch National Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, and more. Sarah is on faculty at Broadway Dance Center where she teaches ballet and Yoga Nidra meditation.

She is the recipient of NBOC’s Patrons’ Council Award of Merit, Canada’s National Ballet School’s Peter Dwyer Award of Excellence, The Cecchetti Council of America Ballet Award, and a NYCDA Ballet Scholarship. She is a certified Yoga Nidra meditation teacher and enjoys curating holistically supportive classes for dancers. A typical recovery class will hybridize pilates based modalities, breathing exercises, and guided meditation, and will hold space for a dialogue inviting discussion of what the dancers are in need of. She is a passionate, heart-centered teacher of classical ballet technique, specializing in attention to detail, artistry, and musicality while championing students of all ages. She has experience in school ballet program directorship and company rehearsal directorship. She was formerly director of the ballet program for Company Dance Traverse for 4 years and co-rehearsal directory for New York Dance Project for one season.

Sarah is an experienced performer known for her artistic intuition, distinct musicality and generous stage presence and continues to relish performing while she pursues commercial work and education in NYC.