Kendra Dahl

Kendra was born and raised in the Phoenix area and received her training with Mary Adams Ballet Academy RAD program, The School of Ballet Arizona, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and The Harid Conservatory. She began her professional career with Centro Pro-Danza de Cuba in Havana, Cuba under the direction of Laura Alonso, dancing lead roles in Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker and La Fille Mal Garde.

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Kendra joined Ballet Arizona in 1996 and performed many soloist and principle roles such as Balanchine's Apollo, Divertimento 15, Swan Lake, Napoli, Cinderella, La Sylphide, Paquita, The Nutcracker and many more under the direction of Ib Andersen. She also has danced many featured roles in works by Twyla Tharp, Moses Pendleton, Ib Andersen, Paul Taylor, Kevin O'Day, Pilobolus, Julia Adam, Dwight Rhoden and Alejandro Cerrudo from Hubbard Street. Along with her established career with Ballet Arizona, Kendra also was a principle dancer with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, based out of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, from 2009-2011. She performed principle roles from the Balanchine Trust out of The Kennedy Center, and on company tours nationally, in which she was recognized by the New York Times for her performances.

Kendra retired from dancing in 2014, and has pursued her ongoing ballet teaching and coaching career in the Valley since 2001. Kendra has been with Plumb Performing Arts Center as a ballet and rehearsal instructor since 2010.