Shara Martin Keith
Miss Shara received her formative ballet training from Joan Kall Stewart and Dana Mott at The Sandy Springs School of Ballet and was a principal dancer with the Sandy Springs/Dunwoody Civic Ballet Company and the Chattahoochee Dance Theatre. For two consecutive seasons, she was selected by the Dekalb County Fine Arts Council to participate in the Dekalb County Young Artist in Dance Program.
A graduate of Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet, she was a principal dancer with Texas Christian University Dance Ensemble and studied under Fernando Schaffenburg and Lisa Fusillo. She was invited to perform in a choreographic showcase with members of the Fort Worth, Texas, Ballet Company.
Miss Shara was a principal dancer with the Georgia Ballet for three seasons and performed with the Phoenix Opera Company in productions of Hansel and Gretel and Mozart’s Magic Flute. She was a Guest Artist for The Gilmer Arts Council and the Governor’s Honors Program in Valdosta, Georgia.
Miss Shara has appeared with Sawnee Ballet Theatre in numerous principal roles in their Spring Concert and Nutcracker productions. She received her Associate Degree in Nursing from Kennesaw State College, Kennesaw, Georgia.
Miss Shara, a founding faculty member of the school, will be working with dancers in the Elementary Ballet through Company levels this year on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In addition, Miss Shara will be setting and re-staging choreography for the Sawnee Ballet Theatre productions.