Sarai currently resides in Brooklyn, New York where she is a freelance event production and operations manager, musician, an award-winning photographer, and music teacher. Sarai has a passion for the performing arts and a desire to instill that passion to those around her. When it comes to the arts, her hope is to organize chaos while aiding those around her who are pursuing their own artistic endeavors. This was a decision Sarai made very early on in her musical career, while she will always be a creative artist, first and foremost, her mission is to help those around her.
Sarai thrives in an artistic environment and is consistently seeking to grow and broaden her experience. She has extensive experience working in higher education, non-profit, corporate and small businesses. Sarai is both versatile and innovative as she ventures in each new experience. She has administratively worked with organizations such as The Juilliard School, ABC, Universal Studios, New York Philharmonic, American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center, Opera America, American Composers Orchestra, Hunter College, and Stetson University.
At the early age of 7, Sarai began learning piano and ballet, where she continued over the years to grow in her studies before bringing her musical pursuits to the forefront. Her successful artistic work led her to Stetson University where she received her Bachelor’s in Music, and then to Hunter College, with her Master’s in Music Composition. Sarai’s love for dance always tried to float near the surface of her pursuits. While at Hunter she was able to bring to life a choreographer and composer project she created, which married both the movement of the musician and dancer alike in a piece entitled “Synergisms for Five Violins”. The piece was designed to explore how small parts can cohesively unite to create synergies as a whole, demonstrating how people as a collective, are more than the sum of their parts.
Sarai has been collectively teaching music and dance for over 20 years. Her desire has always been to connect with her community. Similar to Dance Entropy’s mission, she wants to nurture these connections through creativity and education. Sarai has a heart for empowering the underserved communities, and has continued to serve dance companies in the NYC area with their artistic pursuits through her administrative aid. She is excited to join Valerie Green/Dance Entropy and hopes to infuse her passion for the power of artistic creativity to the community around her. She hopes to make the VG/DE community her own.
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