Sarah Pierce

From Cambridge, Mass.
With Nashville Ballet since 2016

Training and Education
Boston Ballet School, School of American Ballet, Canada’s National Ballet School, Chautauqua Institution

Previously
NB2

BIO
Originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sarah Pierce has been dancing since she was five years old. She spent time perfecting her technique in Boston Ballet's pre-professional program before being promoted to a trainee in 2014. As a Boston Ballet trainee, she danced in productions with the company, among them Swan Lake and Gaité Parisienne. She also attended summer intensive programs at the School of American Ballet, Chautauqua School of Dance, and Canada’s National Ballet School as an exchange student. Pierce joined Nashville Ballet’s second company in 2016 and was promoted to apprentice in 2017 and full company member in 2018.

In her time with the company, Pierce has appeared as Mattie in Cathy Marston’s Snowblind, Third Theme in George Balanchine’s Four Temperaments, the Dewdrop Fairy in Paul Vasterling’s Nashville’s Nutcracker, the Autumn Fairy in Vasterling’s Cinderella, the White Cat in The Sleeping Beauty, and one of the four cygnets in Swan Lake. She has had multiple lead roles created on her, including the title role in Vasterling’s Billie the Kid, the Living Soul in Vasterling’s Anthology, and the pas woman in Matthew Neenan’s Hilos. She has also performed in Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, Balanchine’s Western Symphony, Jiři Kylián's Sechs Tänze, Val Caniparoli’s The Lottery, Matthew Neenan’s There I Was, Resident Choreographer Mollie Sansone’s Fortitudine, and Artistic Director Nick Mullikin’s Four Loves. Pierce has also danced in Vasterling’s Appalachian Spring, Seasons, Firebird, Carmina Burana, Lizzie Borden, Concerto, and Lucy Negro Redux, which she has performed on tour across the US and on film for Great Performance’s 50th season.

Pierce is currently on leave of absence from Harvard University, where she matriculated in the fall of 2015 while still a Boston Ballet trainee. She teaches in the School of Nashville Ballet and has choreographed on School of Nashville Ballet students and on the company. When she is not in the studio, she enjoys reading and playing the piano.