ALL ABOUT SARAH RORABECK
CAEA, ABATD, Adv. Dip MT-Performance, PAA, ADA
Voted Best Dance Instructor (Diamond and Platinum Winner - Oshawa/Whitby)! Sarah Rorabeck has over 15 years of experience educating children and adults in dance. As a teacher who still works with recreational, part-time and full-time competitive students, she is well versed in all genres, and specializes in Tap, Musical Theatre and Jazz. Currently, Sarah works full-time choreographing award-winning competitive pieces, adjudicating dance competitions in Canada and the USA and putting students through their BATD examinations.
Sarah Rorabeck is a graduate, with honours, of Sheridan’s prestigious Music Theatre Performance program, where she extensively studied dance, vocal and acting. She holds her Associate level Teacher’s Membership in the BATD in both tap and jazz, and is an accredited adjudicator through Judge Alliance’s PAA program. She is a founding member of the Acro Dance Adjudicators (ADA), where she became a certified Acro and Dance Adjudicator. Sarah is also certified through the Canadian Red Cross with her Standard First-Aid and CPR.
Sarah is a member of the CAEA and has performed professionally in musicals like Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Anne of Green Gables (& many more), around Canada, with some film and television work thrown in the mix. She’s even been photographed by world-renowned dance-photographer, Jordan Matter (Dancers Among Us).
Sarah is very passionate about dance education, specifically teaching clean and safe technique and exploring performance styles within different genres to keep class exciting. She has won several ‘Best Choreography’ awards, specifically for her Tap and Musical Theatre work. Currently she teaches 6 days a week in Durham Region, and the GTA. She strongly believes dance teaches such incredible life lessons, and she is thrilled to be able to pass on her knowledge to today’s brave and passionate dancers.
DANCE INSTRUCTION & ADJUDICATION RESUME
Instruction/Teaching
Chrome Dance Centre - Competitive, Recreational, Exam Teacher. Choreographer. - 2015 - Present
Sandra Amodeo Dance - Tap Instructor - 2021 - present
Rhythm Dance Studio - Competitive Tap Instructor - 2021 - present
The Audition Series - Founder/Instructor - 2020
Quick Ball Change - Guest Instructor, Substitute Teacher - GTA - 2013 - Present
Neptune Theatre School - Guest Artist: Dance Instructor and Seminar Speaker - 2018/2019
Jr. Mirvish Intensive - Travelling Stage - Guest Artist: Intensive Instructor - 2018
Sheridan College - Music Theatre Performance Program - Dance tutor - 2011-2013
Janice Lynn School of Dance - Competitive, Recreational, Exam Teacher. Choreographer. - 2005 - 2014
Summer Intensive Training - Studios around the GTA
Awards/Recognition Highlights
*Selected List only.
IDO World Finals - Choreographer - World Qualifying - Tap Routines
Reader's Choice Awards - Oshawa/Whitby's Best Dance Instructor
Competition Choreo Awards -
*Selected list 2019 onward*
Best Inter Choreo - "Super Mario" SDCs
Choreography award - "Jet Set" MT groups SDCs
Choreography award - "Treat People with Kindness" Tap group SDCs
Choreography award - "Mr Sandman" tap duet KARV
Best Musical Theatre choreography - "Contemporary 1-0-1" Xtreme
Best Musical Theatre Choreography - "One" Xtreme
Choreography award - “Body Language” Jazz Group SSDC
Choreography award - “You Gotta Be” Tap solo SSDC
Choreography Award - "Whipped Into Shape" Musical Theatre Group NSDC
Best 12 and under Choreography Award - "Wake Me Up" Lyrical Group NSDC
Choreography - Best Tap “Le Jazz Hot” Tap Group DA
Choreography - Best Musical Theatre “Both Reached for the Gun” Musical Theatre Group DA
Choreography award - Sessional “Duelling Banjos” Tap duet DA
Choreography award - “This is Me” Open Group KARV
Choreography award - "Money" Musical Theatre Group KARV
Choreography award - "Proud Mary" Tap Group KARV
Choreography award - "Tiny Dancer" Tap Solo KARV
Choreography award - Highest Inter. Choreo Score “You Gotta Be” Tap Solo SDCs
Teen Miss Cadence Champion - Solo Choreographer CDF
Adjudication/Competitions
2023
Shine Dance Competitions Adjudicator 2023
Shooting Stars Dance Competition - Adjudicator 2023
Summit Dance Challenge - Adjudicator 2023
Starcatchers Dancer - Adjudicator 2023
Cadence Dance Finals - Workshop Tap Instructor, Pageant Audition Adjudicator 2023
Northern Stars Dance Competition - Solo and Improv Adjudicator 2023
2022
Shine Dance Competitions - Adjudicator 2022
Shooting Stars Dance Competition - Adjudicator 2022
Summit Dance Challenge - Adjudicator 2022
Synergy Dance - Provincial Adjudicator 2022
Starcatchers Dance - Adjudicator 2022
Stars Dance Talent - Virtual Adjudicator 2022
2020/21
Synergy Dance - Provincial Adjudication - 2021
Shooting Stars Dance Competition 2020, 2021
Shooting Stars Vocal Competition - 2021
THEATRE RESUME
Stage
*selected credits
Perry Loved Mary - Mary - Old Flame
Cinderella: the Panto - Ensemble, U/S Citronella - Neptune Theatre
Anne and Gilbert - Prille, U/S Anne, Diana, Josie - The Guild
Beauty and the Beast - Silly Girl, U/S Lefou - Neptune Theatre
Darling of the Day - Daphne/Dance Captain - TIFT
The Addams Family - Dead Bride - Neptune Theatre
Mary Poppins - Ensemble - Neptune Theatre
Anne of Green Gables - Gertie Pye, U/S Diana - Charlottetown Festival
Evangeline - Ensemble - Charlottetown Festival
Merrily We Roll Along - Mary - Theatre Sheridan
Chicago - Ensemble - Theatre Sheridan
Spring Awakening - Ensemble/Dance Captain - Theatre Sheridan
Oklahoma! - Ensemble - Theatre Sheridan
Film
Your Special Canada - Dancer - CBC
Dish It Out - Thanksgiving: Daughter - Foerster Productions, Food Network
Education
Acro Dance Adjudicators - Founding Member - 2020
Professional Adjudicators Alliance - Accredited Adjudicator - 2019
Sheridan College - Graduate: Advanced Diploma - Music Theatre Performance, with honours - 2013
Monsignor Paul Dwyer CHS - Performing Arts Specialty Program - 2009
British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD) - Associate Member: Certified Dance Educator, with honours - 2010
Adjudicator - 2019
Special Skills
Side Aerial, Advanced Tap Dancing, Head Balances, Intermediate Ukulele, Belching on Demand
