Sarah Lustbader returned to New Mexico in 2019 after fourteen years working across the country as a dance and fitness professional. Born and raised in Santa Fe, Sarah began her dance training with Charisma Dance Studio, Cathy Roe Productions, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and Moving People Dance Santa Fe. She is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, where she earned a BFA in Dance Performance with honors.
Sarah has had the pleasure of working with choreographers such as Donald McKayle, Robert Battle, Catherine Cabeen, KT Niehoff, Sam Watson, Corrie Befort, Jessica Danser, Elana Jacobs and many more. She has been a company member of Moving People Dance Theatre, JD/Dansfolk, Lingo Dance, CabinFever, and Catherine Cabeen-Hyphen, and has performed at numerous venues including The Lensic, Bates Dance Festival, On The Boards, The Joyce SoHo, Cape Dance Festival, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

During her years living in Seattle and New York City, Sarah also worked as a certified GYROTONIC® & GYROKINESIS® instructor, as well as a FlyBarre instructor and NYC Talent Development Lead at Flywheel Sports. In 2015, she went back to school for accounting, earning a Certificate of Accounting in Bookkeeping from Seattle Community College. Sarah is now a mom to a beautiful and spunky toddler and owns a bookkeeping business geared toward artists and small businesses.