Noura Sander

Joined KCB in 2025

Noura Sander, originally from Northern California, started training seriously at the age eight at Franklin School for the Performing Arts after moving to Massachusetts. She trained there for seven years under the tutelage of Cheryl Madeux-Abbott. She attended summer programs at The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, American Ballet Theater, and The Washington Ballet. Sander was accepted into ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York City where she studied from 2016 to 2017 under Karin Averty and Fabrice Herrault. She then joined The Washington School of Ballet’s professional training division in 2017 under the instruction of Xiomara Reyes and Rinat Imaev, and was promoted to trainee the following year.

Sander was hired into The Washington Ballet Studio Company for the 2021-22 season and then promoted to main company in November 2022. During her time at The Washington Ballet, Sander performed roles in Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker, by John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Giselle, Julie Kent and Victor Barbee’s Sleeping Beauty, George Balanchine’s Serenade, Concerto Barocco, Theme and Variations, and Violin Concerto, Choo San Goh’s Fives, Ulysses Dove’s Vespers, and Edwaard Liang’s Alice in Wonderland. Sander had the pleasure of working with and performing pieces by esteemed choreographers such as Jessica Lang, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Silas Farley, Brett Ishida, Andile Ndlovu, Mthuthuzeli November, Edwaard Liang, Dana Genshaft, and Chanel DaSilva.