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Sallie Werst

Sallie grew up in Merrimack, New Hampshire and received her early training at Southern NH Dance Theater under the directorship of Patricia Lavoie. She also studied at Vermont Chamber Ballet, Bossov Ballet Theatre, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Ballet Austin. Her classical performance experience includes lead roles in Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Giselle, La Bayadere, Swan Lake, George Balanchine's Valse Fantaisie, and The Nutcracker.Sallie received her Bachelor's of Business from Pace University in NYC and also completed a minor in studio art through an exchange program with the Accademia di Bella Arti in Florence, Italy.  During her time in NYC, Sallie was part of the scholarship programs both at Ballet Academy East and STEPS on Broadway training classically with such esteemed teachers as Darla Hoover, Peter Frame, Cheryl Yeager, Finis Jhung, and Nancy Bielski and also exploring hip hop with the help of Buddha Stretch, Jonathan Lee, and Vandana Hart. Upon graduating college, Sallie traveled to Africa where she took part in developing a dance outreach program in Arandis, Namibia.  She moved back to NH and took her dancing to yet a new context as a New England Patriots Cheerleader. With the NFL, Sallie had the opportunity to perform on the sidelines of Gillette Stadium, model for the team's calendar shoot in Aruba, and appear on national TV during Super Bowl XXLV.  She has performed locally with Ragged Edge and FreeFall Contemporary dance companies and more recently was on faculty at Regional Dance America's Northeast festival '18, the New England Inspirational Dance Collective '19 and RDA' s 85th  National Choreographic Intensive.  Sallie currently is on staff at Broadway Bound Performing Arts Center and Southern NH Dance Theater, teaches group exercise at Atlantis Sports Club, and is also a member of Saving Grace Dance Ensemble.  She is so excited to be dancing with NSquared this season!