Born and raised in New York, Dara is no stranger to the
stage and also began teaching and doing choreography in
her teens. Always referred to as a triple threat because of
her dancing, singing and acting, Dara began her training
at several studios in Long Island and Manhattan. She was
a student at the School of American Ballet, Eglefsky
School of Ballet, Broadway Dance Center, Vic d'amore,
and American Dance Machine. Starting out with the
Vaganova method but later Cecchetti and other classical,
neoclassical and contemporary styles. In addition she
trained heavily in Jazz Tap and Broadway styles which
made her into a very versatile and eclectic dancer pulling
inspiration from all areas of dance. Dara was part of the
Vic D'amore dance company and competed and
performed all over the world including Russia and Poland .
She later got her BFA from the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor in both Dance and Musical Theatre, and studied
intensively at both the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
and the Royal Ballet in London England. She also studied
at Joffrey Ballet for 2 years after college. Her performance
credits range from Broadway, touring through the US and
throughout Europe in Germany and Switzerland with a
show called American Festival Ballet, and tons of regional
and industrial work. She Also has multiple commercial,
soap and tv credits. Favorites include Grease ( Broadway
), Crazy for You, Sweet Charity, Kiss me Kate, Brigadoon,
42nd Street, Its a Wonderful life and playing the role of
Cassie in A Chorus Line. Also created and played the role
of Jessica opposite Disneys Christi Carlson Romano in
Fast Breaks which was the first musical by David Bryan
from Bon Jovi, produced by Goodspeed Opera House and
another new rock musical called Oblivian where she was
the lead ingenue . Dara performed with Graham company
for their Centenary festival and did Nutcracker
performances with NYC Ballet while a Student at SAB.
Dara also did the pilot of Aaron Spellings night time soap
Hampton Bays playing Laura Cramer and was recently
cast in a new Netflix series called Xxistence. She teaches
with high energy, love, attention to technical detail and
performance quality and keeps a warm comfortable
feeling in the room yet keeping it very disciplined and
structured.