folk and performing arts
Sarah moving as a phalarope as part of the closing ceremony for the 2022-2023 Great Salt Lake Vigil. Video still courtesy John Meier.
As part of projects serving the lands, waters, and other beings around us, Sarah performs works grown with Earth and more-than-human beings. She has moved as a shorebird across Utah in service of Great Salt Lake and shared performance pieces in international gatherings. Weaving movement, song, breath, and poetry, Sarah creates works that turn humans toward the more-than-human.
Sarah's projects have ranged from performance art at the Salt Lake City capitol to bring Great Salt Lake beings to the legislative session to a vocal- and movement-based work made with a spider presented at a global conference. She believes in bringing the voices and movements of other beings into human bodies to turn attentions toward the sentient web of life within which we are embedded.
Sarah moving as a phalarope as part of the closing ceremony for the 2022-2023 Great Salt Lake Vigil. Design by Derek Carslile.
A 2024 collaborative performance piece made with Great Salt Lake, Bryn Watkins, and Rae Luebbert. This work brought three species into the Utah legislative session. Photo by Fransisco Kjolseth. Masks by String and Shadow.
A 2024 collaborative performance piece made with Great Salt Lake, Bryn Watkins, and Rae Luebbert. This work brought three species into the Utah legislative session. Photo by Fransisco Kjolseth. Masks by String and Shadow.
A 2024 collaborative performance piece made with Great Salt Lake, Bryn Watkins, and Rae Luebbert. This work brought three species into the Utah legislative session. Photo by Fransisco Kjolseth. Masks by String and Shadow.
Sophia Cutrubus performs as the lake and various beings as part of a project created by Sarah for the closing ceremony of the 2022-2023 Great Salt Lake Vigil. Video still courtesy John Meier.
Sarah moving as a phalarope as part of the closing ceremony for the 2022-2023 Great Salt Lake Vigil. Still courtesy John Meier.
Sophia Cutrubus performs as the lake and various beings as part of a project created by Sarah for the closing ceremony of the 2022-2023 Great Salt Lake Vigil. Video still courtesy John Meier.
Sophia Cutrubus performs as the lake and various beings as part of a project created by Sarah for the closing ceremony of the 2022-2023 Great Salt Lake Vigil. Video still courtesy John Meier.
Community volunteers become lake beings, offering movement to the lake in an embodiment practice led by Sarah at the 2022-2023 Great Salt Lake Vigil.
Dancing the dreams of Kiribati and Great Salt Lake in a piece made for Shoreline Swell by the Lake, Sarah, Hannah Huang, and Mel Soul. Photo by Becca Webb..
Dancing the dreams of Kiribati and Great Salt Lake in a piece made for Shoreline Swell by the Lake, Sarah, Hannah Huang, and Mel Soul. Photo by Becca Webb..
Sarah and Bryn Watkins perform at the 2023 Indigenous offering ceremony at Great Salt Lake. Photo by Emily Ostler.
Sarah and Bryn Watkins perform at the 2023 Indigenous offering ceremony at Great Salt Lake. Photo by Emily Ostler.
Dancing the dreams of Kiribati and Great Salt Lake in a piece made for Shoreline Swell by the Lake, Sarah, Hannah Huang, and Mel Soul. Photo by Becca Webb..
Sarah moves as Grebe in a piece performed at Utah's 2024 legislative session. Collaborators are Rae Luebbert and Bryn Watkins. Photo by Ash Gerlach. Masks by String and Shadow.
Sarah moves as Grebe in a piece performed at Utah's 2024 legislative session. Collaborators are Rae Luebbert and Bryn Watkins. Photo by Ash Gerlach. Masks by String and Shadow.
Sarah moves as Grebe in a piece performed at Utah's 2024 legislative session. Collaborators are Rae Luebbert and Bryn Watkins. Photo by Ash Gerlach. Masks by String and Shadow.
Sarah and Bryn Watkins perform at the 2024 listing rally for Wilson's Phalarope. Photo by Francisco Kjolseth.
Sarah moves as Grebe in a piece performed at Utah's 2024 legislative session. Collaborators are Rae Luebbert and Bryn Watkins. Photo by Ash Gerlach. Masks by String and Shadow.
where she's performed
International Workshop "Between the Animal Body and the Animate Earth," with David Abram in British Columbia, Canada
Shorebird performance protest residency bringing Great Salt Lake species into Utah's legislative session
Global More-Than-Human (MOTH) Rights Conference in Chile
Shoreline Swell - Ecological Works on the Shores of Great Salt Lake
Personal protest project dancing alone with Phalarope at the Utah State Capitol
Concerts, Weddings, Ceremonies, & Corporate Events
Community volunteers become lake beings, offering movement to the lake in an embodiment practice led by Sarah at the 2022-2023 Great Salt Lake Vigil.
jazz vocals
With a background in jazz vocals, ballet, and other performing arts, sarah has a graceful stage presence and voice that has been called a mix of Diana Krall and Norah Jones. She performs as part of a jazz trio/quartet in Utah and surrounding states. To learn more or book sarah for an event, visit sarahjazz.com.
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