Sarah Bakker
Associate Teacher
Sarah Bakker is a dancer/ singer/actor who has featured in many of the Worlds most spectacular musicals. From making her stage debut as young Cosette in Les Miserables to joining the Corps De Ballet in The Phantom of the Opera to understudying the Worlds most famous flying nanny, Mary Poppins on Broadway.
Born and raised in Brisbane, Australia, Sarah trained in all styles of dance from the tender age of three and voice from nine years of age. “The Dance Works”, “The Queensland Dance School of Excellence” and “The Young Conservatorium of Music” were her training platforms to success.
Sarah’s first senior role saw her travel to Singapore to join the Corps De Ballet in The Phantom of the Opera. After a successful spell with the company she was then asked to understudy Christine Daae in the Australian National tour, which she did for a further two years. Sarah’s next role was Annie in Chicago, where she also covered the role of Roxie Hart.
Following Chicago, Sarah was then asked to join the Australian tour of Mary Poppins, as part of the ensemble and as Mary Poppins alternate. It was this very role that led to Sarah realizing her dream when she was given the opportunity to perform on Broadway as Mary Poppins Understudy making her Broadway Debut on the 9th of October 2012. And as of April 8th 2013 she took on the role of Christine Understudy/ Ensemble in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.
Now having moved to the UK, Sarah has performed in Evita at the Ljubljana Festival in Slovenia, played the role of Young Heidi in Follies in Concert at the renowned Royal Albert Hall in London and has participated in the creation of a brand new musical called Mrs Henderson Presents as Ensemble/ Dance Captain and understudy Peggy at the Noel Coward theatre in Londons West End February 2016.
In 2017 Sarah performed in the hit show An American in Paris at the Dominion Theatre on the West End as ensemble and understudy to the role of Milo Davenport and most recently she was in the exciting production of Chess at the London Coliseum, where she performed as Ensemble and understudy to the role of Svetlana.
