Sabrina Matthews

Sabrina Matthews (born 1977) is a Canadian ballet choreographer. She has choreographed pieces for prestigious ballet companies around the world, including Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Boston Ballet, Royal Academy of Dance's Genée International Ballet Competition, and the National Ballet of Canada. Her choreography has been performed internationally in Canada, the United States, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Netherlands. In 2008, Chatelaine magazine recognized Matthews as one of Canada's Amazing Women to Watch.

Biography Sabrina Matthews is a Toronto, Ontario, Canada native and a graduate of the National Ballet School of Canada, attending from 1987–1995. From 1995–2005, she was a leading soloist and aspiring choreographer with the Alberta Ballet Company under artistic directors Mikko Nissinen and Jean Grand-Maître. a 2005 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award, and a 2003 nomination from the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association for the 2002 Bravo!FACT short film Dance to This.

In 2006, after Matthews choreographed pieces for the Alberta Ballet Company and the New York Choreographic Institute on the School of American Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet artistic director Reid Anderson invited her to attend the Noverre Society; a program for young choreographers to create and present their original works. While there, she created soles, which earned positive reviews among German critics. The piece was included as part of Stuttgart Ballet's repertoire and a second piece for Stuttgart Ballet, all of which have been reprised. In 2008, Matthews created a piece for the Royal Academy of Dance's Genée International Ballet Competition.

In addition to working with major international ballet companies, Matthews works closely with her alma mater, Canada's National Ballet School. She also choreographed a figure skating solo for four-time world figure-skating champion Kurt Browning, and works for television in North America and Europe, including choreography for the television dance competition So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

Choreographed work All pieces are world premieres unless otherwise indicated.

Stuttgart Ballet soles (2006) veil (May 4, 2008)

Royal Swedish Ballet quondam (November 7, 2008)

Boston Ballet ein von viel (March 6-9, 2008) - U.S. premiere

National Ballet of Canada clearing (2007) veer (2008) - Originally commissioned for the 2007 Erik Bruhn Competition DEXTRIS (March, 2009) In Peril (February, 2011) - Stuttgart Ballet's 50th Anniversary Gala

National Ballet School (Canada) Sequentia (May, 2009)

Alberta Ballet delude (2000) ein von viel (2001) transience (2002) unbound (2003) fallen arm (2004) losing ground (2005)

Competitions and festivals Dance to This (2002) Bravo!FACT short film - 2002 Calgary International Film Festival, 2003 Brooklyn International Film Festival, and 2005 Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival unbound (2001) - Beijing International Dance Festival Rodin (2005) - Glenbow Museum veer (2007) - Erik Bruhn Competition (Not performed due to injury) clearing (2007) - Canada Day Celebration in Ottawa, Canada monas (August 2008) - Genée International Ballet Competition

Awards and recognition 1994 Peter Dwyer Award (Canada Council for the Arts/National Ballet School) - Excellence in Dance Nominated for the 2003 Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association Awards - Dance to This 2005 Clifford E. Lee Award (Banff Centre for the Arts) - Choreography Honorable mention in 2006 Pointe Magazine - Ballet VIP 2008 Alberta Provincial Awards Celebrating Excellence (Banff Centre) - Outstanding Alumnus 2008 Chatelaine magazine - Canada's Amazing Women to Watch