Sharon Wehner

Sharon Wehner is originally from San Jose, California, and had her fundamental ballet training with San Jose Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre Seven, and San Francisco Ballet.  A former Principal Dancer with the Colorado Ballet, Sharon has also danced with Amy Seiwart's Imagery, the Oakland Ballet, the Washington Ballet, Zikr Dance Ensemble, Engage Movement arts and Briah Danse.  She has performed as a guest artist in the Tokyo Aoyama Ballet Festival, the National Ballet of Japan's Golden Ballet Co-Star, and the Vail International Dance Festival's “International Evening of Dance.”  As a Principal Dancer, Sharon has performed numerous leading roles in classical and Neo-classical ballets, including the principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Coppelia, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Rodeo, The Leaves are Fading, Dracula, Rubies,Theme and Variations, and Stars and Stripes.  She has had the honor to be featured in new works by Christopher Wheeldon, Val Caniparoli, Amy Seiwart, Edward Liaang, Jessica Lang, Dwight Rhodan, and Graham Lustig.  In addition to her career as a dancer, Sharon is a Certified Yoga Instructor and GYROKINESIS(R) trainer, Reiki Master, Ballet teacher, and Instructor for Dance for Parkinson's Disease.  After recently retiring from her 22-year career with the Colorado Ballet, Sharon is spreading her wings as a freelance artist, exploring new territory in classical and contemporary choreography that speaks to her and to audiences in a fresh and stimulating way.  Most recently, she has performed with Briah Danse in “Legends and Legacies”, Engage Movement Arts in “Shoes,” and Alya Howe in “Walls.”