Sara Lawrence-Sucato, Rehearsal Director and Company Dancer, Director of Outreach & Community Engagement, from Columbus, Ohio graduated with honors from Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania with a degree in dance. She is in her fifteenth season as a dancer with The Dancing Wheels Company. Sara has performed works by noted choreographers Marc Brew, Nai Ni Chen, David Dorfman, Christopher Fleming, Catherine Meredith, Stuart Pimsler, David Roussève, Ginger Thatcher, Michael Uthoff and Robert Wesner as well as by internationally renowned choreographers Donald McKayle and Dianne McIntyre. In her capacity as The Dancing Wheels Company & School’s Director of Outreach & Community Engagement she teaches integrated dance technique in residencies, workshops and masterclasses. Her most recent teaching opportunities have included developing and teaching as a Master Teacher for the Dancing Wheels Teacher Certification program; Dancing Wheels’ 2020 Adult Summer Dance Intensive and 2019 Youth Arts Camp; masterclasses at VSA Intersections (Atlanta, Georgia, and Columbus, Ohio), “Counter Balance” Inclusive Dance Festival (Chicago, Illinois), and ACT Conference (Columbus, Ohio); workshops at Ohio Dance Festival (Columbus, Ohio), Oglebay Institute (Wheeling, West Virginia), and Mercyhurst University; and residencies for Cleveland and Northeast Ohio-based organizations including the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, Cleveland Play House, City of Cleveland’s Neighborhood Resource and Recreation Centers (NRRCs), Old Trail School, Laurel School, Clark Elementary, and Julie Billiart School, as well as MOMENTA’s “Chance to Dance” (Columbus, Ohio) and Arts Partnership (Findlay, Ohio). Sara is also a company class instructor and has served as company Tour Manager for thirteen years. She was named as company Rehearsal Director in 2019.