Sarah Farnsley

Sarah is a choreographer, dancer, and advocate for dancers’ rights. She earned a BFA in Dance Performance from Butler University and an MA in Dance Politics & Sociology from University of Roehampton. Her writing has been published in the Journal of Performing Arts Leadership in Higher Education. Sarah has choreographed for Louisville Ballet, Ballet Memphis, and Ballet Theatre of Indiana. In 2017, she co-directed the dance film Absolution, which premiered at Dances With Films Festival in LA and has won awards for Best New Director. Sarah began her career in the US with various ballet companies and was a guest artist with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal for 3 years before moving to London. There, she performed with English National Ballet at Royal Albert Hall and with New English Ballet Theatre. In 2019, she was invited by Édouard Lock to assist in restaging his work at the Paris Opera Ballet. During the pandemic, Sarah joined the Mayor of London’s Creative Freelancers cohort, leading research groups. She is currently the Managing Director of the Indy Dance Council, creators of the annual Indy Dance Festival.