
Miriam Morgan
Studio Director
In 1993, Miriam walked into her first ballet class, wearing a pink tutu, sparkly tights, and bedazzled house slippers. The excitement she felt that first day still fills her every time she walks into a studio! It was there when she joined her first ballet company, Praise in Motion, at age 11 and again when she joined the senior company at 14. She joyfully accepted her first teaching role at Eastside School of Ballet at age 18, and began choreographing at 19. She was honored to direct her own pre-professional company MOVE: a body, where her students had the opportunity to perform around the nation and assisted Miriam in teaching dance in impoverished communities. Using dance to make a difference has been the cornerstone of her training and work. Miriam was a founding member of Advocate Arts, a professional contemporary company, where she taught company class, directed the apprentice company, and performed in works that told stories of victims caught in human-trafficking and childhood abuse.
Miriam moved to Durango from her hometown of Atlanta, GA in 2014. Later that year she began teaching classes at Durango Dance under the direction of Kristen Sitter. In 2016, she accepted the role of director and took sole-ownership in 2017.
Outside of the studio, Miriam and her husband Daniel love living in Durango with their furbaby and three young children, all of whom joined their family in just 10 months time!
Studio Director
In 1993, Miriam walked into her first ballet class, wearing a pink tutu, sparkly tights, and bedazzled house slippers. The excitement she felt that first day still fills her every time she walks into a studio! It was there when she joined her first ballet company, Praise in Motion, at age 11 and again when she joined the senior company at 14. She joyfully accepted her first teaching role at Eastside School of Ballet at age 18, and began choreographing at 19. She was honored to direct her own pre-professional company MOVE: a body, where her students had the opportunity to perform around the nation and assisted Miriam in teaching dance in impoverished communities. Using dance to make a difference has been the cornerstone of her training and work. Miriam was a founding member of Advocate Arts, a professional contemporary company, where she taught company class, directed the apprentice company, and performed in works that told stories of victims caught in human-trafficking and childhood abuse.
Miriam moved to Durango from her hometown of Atlanta, GA in 2014. Later that year she began teaching classes at Durango Dance under the direction of Kristen Sitter. In 2016, she accepted the role of director and took sole-ownership in 2017.
Outside of the studio, Miriam and her husband Daniel love living in Durango with their furbaby and three young children, all of whom joined their family in just 10 months time!

Sarah
Plié Playschool Director
Sarah Levine is ecstatic to be the new Plie Playschool Director and honored to be part of the Durango Dance team! Sarah holds a diverse educational background including teaching middle school history, special education, TESOL education for Chinese students, online reading tutoring and facilitating outdoor play for the former non-profit, Free Forest School. She loves seeing the sparks in children when their imaginations thrive and their potential for innovation and industriousness in nature. Merging free play, tactile skills, sensory inquisitiveness, movement and fresh air adventures, Sarah cannot wait to meet the magic of your playschool student.
A 14+ year resident of Durango, Sarah enjoys wildflower hikes, calm paddle boarding lakes and spending time with her husband, three young daughters and hiking-companion pups (2). She is grateful to be part of the amazing team at Durango Dance as it has positively served her family with the love of dance for the past 3 years. Sarah can’t wait to utilize this magic in the Plie Program, making each day as unique and special as the students in attendance.
Plié Playschool Director
Sarah Levine is ecstatic to be the new Plie Playschool Director and honored to be part of the Durango Dance team! Sarah holds a diverse educational background including teaching middle school history, special education, TESOL education for Chinese students, online reading tutoring and facilitating outdoor play for the former non-profit, Free Forest School. She loves seeing the sparks in children when their imaginations thrive and their potential for innovation and industriousness in nature. Merging free play, tactile skills, sensory inquisitiveness, movement and fresh air adventures, Sarah cannot wait to meet the magic of your playschool student.
A 14+ year resident of Durango, Sarah enjoys wildflower hikes, calm paddle boarding lakes and spending time with her husband, three young daughters and hiking-companion pups (2). She is grateful to be part of the amazing team at Durango Dance as it has positively served her family with the love of dance for the past 3 years. Sarah can’t wait to utilize this magic in the Plie Program, making each day as unique and special as the students in attendance.