Dancer Sharon Wendrow (7/16/2021)

Published: July 17, 2021, noon

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/rGY4nOMV3s4 Sharon Wendrow was born, raised and started her dance career in Southern California. Her early teachers Maria Bekeifi, Paul Petroff, Nana Gollner, David Lichine, and Tania Raiboushinska  gave her the best early training she could have hoped for. Imagine learning partner work, along with Larry Long, who later was with Ruth Page, from Paul Petroff, of whom many ballerinas have said,  was the best partner ever. I She came to NYC at 16 and received a scholarship to Ballet Russe, where her training continued with Anatole Villzak, Leon Danilian , Maria Swoboda, Fredrick Franklin, and eventually went to audition for Radio City’s Corps de Ballet at 18, because a friend wanted company. It was a very difficult audition, but she made it at a time when no one was being hired because so many companies were going under and the Music Hall was one of very few places to work. Sharon then married a house manager at the Hall, had two beautiful children, and when her daughter was six, took her to the Hannah Kroner School of Dance to begin her dance training. Sharon went back to class, choreographed a few dinner theater musicals, helped out at public schools with their shows, and assisted Ms. Kroner with her school, and all that that entailed. She subsequently became director of the HK School, which became Ballet to Broadway. For the next twenty years, Sharon continued to choreograph many dances for the end of year shows. She then went to the sister school and for the last 19 years, under the direction of Carol Riley, taught, choreographed and performed.  https://dancersover40.org/