Sandra Scheuber has had a lifelong passion with modern dance. She is a freelance choreographer, and has set works on dance companies as well as colleges, and high schools in the bay area, central valley, and beyond. Her work has been selected for various showcases including Joe Goode Virtual Open House, sjDANCEco ChoreoProjects and Annual Dance Festival, SpectorDance Virtual Choreographers Showcases, LA Dance Festival, DVDance’s Collective Artists, Nhan Ho Project’s Images of Dance, and more. Sandra has studied and performed in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, the Central Coast, and the Central Valley. She was invited to dance in Jose Limon’s “The Winged” and “Missa Brevis” with sjDANCEco in San Jose. She performed with and choreographed for NewGround Theatre Dance Company, Off-Balance Dance Company, One Performing Arts, Contemporary Dance Collective, and Central Coast Contemporary Dance. She has presented work under her own company Leaps and Bounds Dance Ensemble. She has an MFA in Choreography from Mills College, has served as Secretary and Membership Chair of the California Dance Education Association, and as a choreographic mentor for the Dance Repertory Vision Series. She is a board member of the American College Dance Association and regular attendee of the American Dance Festival Dance Professionals Workshop. She also has a degree in Industrial Engineering and recently retired from a long career as a Business Systems Analyst.
CHOREOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE
Selected as a Project Tier Choreographer for 2023 Regional Dance America’s National Choreography Intensive
19th Annual sjDANCEco Dance Festival - invited to submit a piece
Joe Goode Virtual Open House - piece selected
Nhan Ho Project’s Images of Dance - piece selected
LA Dance Festival - piece selected
SpectorDance Virtual Choreographers Showcases - 2 pieces selected
sjDANCEco ChoreoProject, San Jose, CA - 3 pieces selected
DVDance Company Collective Artists - 3 pieces selected
Mills College Alumni Concert, Oakland, CA - piece selected
Invited to perform at Los Gatos United Methodist Church
NewGround Theatre Dance Company, San Mateo, CA
Modesto Junior College Off-Balance Dance Company, Modesto, CA
Santa Rosa Junior College Touring Dance Company, Santa Rosa, CA
Crystal Springs Uplands School, Hillsborough, CA
Johansen High School, Modesto, CA - work performed at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
Sequoia High School, Redwood City, CA
Whidbey Island Dance Theatre Company, Langley, WA
3rd Avenue Dance, Durango, CO
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Central Coast Contemporary Dance, Oakland, CA
Contemporary Dance Collective, Modesto, CA
Orchesis Dance Company, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
sjDANCEco, San Jose, CA – guest dancer in Jose Limon’s “Missa Brevis” and “The Winged”
sjDANCEco ChoreoProject, San Jose, CA
NewGround Theatre Dance Company- company member
Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Scotland - with NewGround Theatre Dance Company
“The Twisted Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” at Gallo Arts Center, Modesto, CA
Modesto Junior College Off-Balance Dance Company - company member
One Performing Arts Company - company member
Vision Series, San Francisco, CA - performed with Off-Balance Dance Company
Contemporary Dance Collective - company member
Central Coast Contemporary Dance - company member
Mills College Repertory Dance Company – company member
Orchesis Dance Company, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA – company member
Performed in works by: Jose Limon, Fred Matthews, Carlos Jones, Nolan Dennett, Lisa Townsend, Rogelio Lopez, Frank Montoya, Lori Bryhni, Shalleen Bosch, Tami Stark McQueen, Terry Hoff, Kim T Davis, Heather Cooper, Mara Williams, Kay Clark Raine, Julie Gehrke Miller, Margi Young, Claudine Naganuma, Renee Beauvais, Maribeth Kambitsch, Sofia Diaz, Dave Carter, Suzy DiSanto, Kristi Preckel, Sanford Smith, Peter Kentes, Rebbecca Meyers, Coleen Lorenz, Rebecca Fazio, Kristine Chambers, Sarah Garland, Nichole Lorenz
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Dance Faculty - Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
High School Dance Teacher – Peter Johansen High School
Produced, directed, and choreographed student dance performance
Taught daily technique and choreography classes to nearly 200 students
Developed daily lesson plans and rubrics to follow educational standards
Taught composition classes for American College Dance Association West and Northwest Region conferences
Taught classes for ACDA West Region teacher retreat
Taught improvisation classes for One Performing Arts Company workshops
Taught various master classes for college and high school
OTHER DANCE INVOLVEMENT
Adjudicated for MJC Arts & Humanities Dance Choreography awards
Served as Secretary and Membership Chair of the California Dance Education Association (CDEA)
Served as choreographic mentor for the Dance Repertory Vision Series
Individual member, Board Member, and lifetime member of American College Dance Association
Designed website and managed class registration for American College Dance Association West Region conference
Regular patron and current donor to sjDANCEco
Regular patron and current donor to Oakland Ballet
Patron and donor to Ronn Guidi Foundation for Dance
Regular patron of Cal Performances Dance Series
Regular patron and donor to Joe Goode Performance Group
Regular patron and donor to Smuin Ballet
Regular patron and donor to Modesto Junior College Off-Balance Dance Company
Season ticket holder to San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Central West Ballet
Active patron to bay area dance performances
Donor to NewGround Theatre Dance Company
Donor to American Dance Festival
Participated in Valley’s Got Talent competition
Served on audition panels to place dancers in pieces and class levels
Interviewed for article in Dance Spirit magazine
Researched and co-wrote text for full-length dance/music/theater work about the Shakers
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering/Systems Analysis
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Master of Fine Arts - Dance Choreography and Performance
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Regularly attend American Dance Festival Dance Professionals Workshop
Regularly attend American College Dance Association conferences
Attended several Bella Lewitzy Summer Arts workshops
Attended California State University Summer Arts workshop (Bella Lewitzky and company members, Murray Louis and company members, Gregg Lizenberry, Lar Lubovich)
Attended several CDEA conferences
Attended numerous master classes (Joe Goode, Brenda Way, Karl Shaffer, Eric Stern, John Pennington, Sharon Marks, Nolan Dennett, Joan Lazarus, Liz Lerman, Elisa Clark, Christian von Howard, Leah Cox, Robbie Cook)
Studied with Loretta Livingston, Gerri Houlihan, Gary Masters, Lori Bryhni, Beth Jahn Hoge, June Watanabe, Janice Garrett, Maryann Kincaid, Kathleen McClintock, Kay Clark Raine, Frank Montoya, Maria Basile, Heather Cooper, Hsiang Hsiu Lin, Abra Rudisill, Rogelio Lopez, Dana Lawton, Robin Nasitir, Coleen Lorenz, Edna Austin, Bev Johnson, and many others
Photo by Ben Hoover