Sarah Hixon has over 20 years of experience in dance through performing, choreographing, and teaching. She received professional and pre-professional training with The Fairfax Ballet, The Washington Ballet, The Milwaukee Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, and American Repertory Theatre. She studied with teachers hailing from such companies as The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, American Ballet Theatre, Eliot Feld’s BalletTech, José Limon, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Mark Morris Dance Group, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. She has performed throughout the country, from Los Angeles to New York City. She has also studied composition with teachers such as Bebe Miller, Susan Rethorst, John Giffin, Vera Blaine, and Susan Shields.
She received her BFA in Dance from George Mason University (GMU), where she performed in numerous dance projects. While there, she was chosen to participate in residencies with Alberto Del Saz of the Alwin Nikolais Company, and with the Mark Morris Dance Group. She choreographed nine pieces for the GMU Dance Company, and received the faculty Award for Excellence in Choreography. Her work was chosen twice to be performed at convocation ceremonies during graduations at GMU. She performed in outreach programs for the Fairfax County Public Schools, brining modern dance to children. In 2002, she was invited by the Fairfax Center for the Arts to perform an original solo at the “September 11th Memorial” concert. In 2003, Ms. Hixon began AnomosMotion, a dance collective working in the greater Washington DC area for which she performed and choreographed.
Ms. Hixon has also studied early dance forms, especially French Baroque dance with Thomas Baird, Hugh Murphy, and Paige Whitley-Bauguess. She received the first Wendy Hilton Baroque Dance Scholarship to study with Apollo’s Banquet at The East Coast Baroque Dance Workshop, an intensive program in the technique and history of early dance.
She holds an MFA in Choreography from The Ohio State University (OSU). Her research there focused on diverse approaches to the choreographic process. While at OSU, she choreographed 4 new pieces, two of which were mentioned by Jay Weitz of the Columbus Alive as highlights of the dance season. In 2007 she began Hixon Dance, a modern dance company working in Columbus, Ohio. She is currently artistic director of Hixon Dance, a free-lance video artist, video editor, and runs a community art studio called FLOORSPACE. She recently served as the Publicity Director for Columbus Movement Movement (cm2), an organization for dancers and choreographers working in central Ohio. She currently serves the community as Convener of Dance Artists of Columbus, a group of local artists working to create new opportunities and dialogues within the Columbus dance scene. She continues to champion modern dance as an accessible art form for all audiences and artists.
