Sarae Garcia

Born and raised in NYC, Sarae began her training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center as a scholarship student. She Graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. for the Performing Arts and Music and Art. Received a B.F.A. from New York University; Tisch School of the Arts (Scholarship). Is the recipient of the Helen Tamiris Award and the Arts Recognition Award from the National Endowment for Advancement in the Art's. She has had the privilege of working with choreographers such as Kevin Wynn, Elisa Monte, Eloe Pamare, Abdel R. Salaam, Nathan Trice, and Lisa Rinehart. Sarae has performed in a variety of Forums such as, the Apollo Theatre- FON, Black Arts Festival- FON, Winter Solstice-Paul Winter, Manhattan Center- Bishop Tutu, and Lincoln Center- Little Orchestra Society. She has also participated on several tours with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company fulfilling principles roles. As the performing Arts Coordinator for the Harlem Children's Zone, Inc., She believes in the power of dance arts and the impact it can have on people on an individual and social scale. Art teaches skills that are applicable to life. Whether it is the skill of strength, coordination, calculation, mental flexibility, imagination, communication, persistence, and discipline, students are taught and encouraged to look at there lives as an artistic expression and to face daily life with the training of a dancer.