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Highland Park High School | Age 19

Sally

Bio

Awards & Recognitions


  • 2019 NW Dance Project summer intensive
  • 2018 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s summer Intensive
  • Clara North Shore School of Dance’s production of the Nutcracker

Sally is a senior at Highland Park High School and this will be her third season at Extensions. Prior to to joining the company, Sally trained at North Shore School of Dance in Highland Park, IL under the direction of Lisa Gold. Sally was fortunate enough to train under an incredible faculty of teachers such as Greg Begley, Pam Tanis, Maeghan McHale, Adam Houston, Robert McKee, Victoria Dutton, Stacy Keller and Kesha Milenkovic. Sally performed as a member of North Shore Repertory Dance Ensemble, and in roles such as Clara and Arabian Lead in North Shore School of Dance’s Nutcracker. Sally attended Interlochen Center for the Art’s summer intensive in 2017, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s summer intensive in 2018, Giordano Dance Chicago’s summer intensive in 2018, and NW Dance Project’s summer intensive in 2019.

Sally fell in love with the hard-working and supportive environment at Extensions the minute she walked into her first class at the studio. She is extremely grateful to Lizzie for providing her with the opportunity to be a member of the company, and train along side such talented dancers. Sally is elated to continue learning and growing under the outstanding faculty at Extensions.

Apart from dancing, Sally is a high honor roll student and is president of her schools internationally recognized Model United Nations team. She has received numerous awards for her work at International Model United Nations conferences in both New York and Chicago. Sally loves being outdoors, reading and cooking in her free time.

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It’s #tilttuesday ! “To be yourself in a world It’s #tilttuesday ! “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflecting back on the incredible memories and har Reflecting back on the incredible memories and hard work of our amazing artists from Starbound last weekend and excited to see them all shine on the stage again this weekend at Energy!
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Some of our Chicago City Classical Ballet dancers Some of our Chicago City Classical Ballet dancers attended and had a great time @universalballetcompetition a couple of weeks ago. It was our first year attending and WOW!  The talent was incredible and the classes were so fun and enlightening.  Highlights include Bianca, Lincoln & Ava placing in the overalls and Fiona, Bianca & Lincoln receiving multiple scholarships including a full scholarship to The Rock School summer program for Mr. Lincoln! Congratulations, dancers!!
Congratulations to our dancers who attended @artis Congratulations to our dancers who attended @artistssimplyhuman this past weekend!  Incredible and confident performances, lots of fun and inspiration in classes and all of you scholarship finalists!  We are so proud of you!
Some highlights include Technical excellence to @meli.lawler for her solo “Persist” choreographed by @hannaelisabeth , outstanding choreography to @_nicole_noe for her solo “In My Time” choreographed by @itsrickyroo AND  @shayna.sharpe_ , @emgov.8 & @_nicole_noe becoming ASH apprentices!  Also love spending time with Extensionite @sasha.zitser who is traveling as part of the ASH company this year!  Thank you for an amazing weekend @artistssimplyhuman !!! ❤️⭐️
Until next time @nycda ❤️ Some highlights from Until next time @nycda ❤️ Some highlights from our weekend included Mini critics choice: “Alloy” by Lizzie Mackenzie, Teen Critics choice and the highest score of the weekend (.5 from a perfect score at 299.5!!!!). “The Healer” by Lizzie Mackenzie & Jackie Nowicki and Senior critics choice “Finding Your Light” by Imani English.  So many overalls and scholarships to boot and we are so PROUD of our company dancers.  Let’s keep it going, we’re just beginning 💪🏼🔥.
It’s been 2 weeks since NYCDA. We are still fly It’s been 2 weeks since NYCDA.  We are still flying high from the experience and we have been enjoying the constructive and very thoughtful critiques from the competition. Thankyou @nycda!! Wishing our dancers good luck at @artistssimplyhuman and @universalballetcompetition this weekend!  Here are some great shots by @evolvephotovideo from our performances at NYCDA ❤️
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