Director's Corner - Sarah Schachterle

Sarah Schachterle is a professional dancer and choreographer. She is currently the Director and Choreographer of the Denver Nuggets Dancers and the Colorado Mammoth Wild Bunch.



Sarah Elizabeth Schachterle was born October 21 in Denver, Colorado.

After graduating from Cherry Creek High School, she attended the University of Northern Colorado on a dance scholarship. While a member of the UNC Sugar Bears Dance Team, she auditioned and was selected to the Denver Nuggets Dancers. She danced for the Nuggets from 1995-1997. After living in Los Angeles and New York where she danced and auditioned for Broadway plays, Sarah was offered a position as the director and choreographer for the Nuggets Dancers. She moved back to Denver and has been running the Nuggets Dance team ever since.

Since rejoining the Nuggets as the Director/Choreographer, Sarah has been instrumental in creating a national presence for the Nuggets Dancers. Under Sarah, the Nuggets Dancers have actively participated in several promotions each year from Texas to Las Vegas, Nevada. In May 2002 the Nuggets Dancers had their first international promotion as they traveled to Europe on a Goodwill Tour for troops stationed in Turkey, Bosnia-Herzagovina and Italy. They recently performed (July 2005) as part of the entertainment for Nuggets forward Eduardo Najera's charity event in his native Mexico.

Sarah was chosen to lead the Colorado Wild Bunch in 2003. The Wild Bunch is the dance team for Denver's Professional Indoor Lacrosse Team, the Colorado Mammoth. She started the team in the Mammoth's inaugural season. The Wild Bunch has rapidly become a favorite of the Denver community and has been receiving national exposure for their thrashy, "hard rock" style. Along with their cutting edge routines, and creative costumes, the Wild Bunch are also introduced creatively each game by being driven out on the backs of motorcycles.

Sarah also ran Colorado Crush Girls for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The Crush girls are the cheerleaders for the Colorado Crush Arena Football League team.

This season will be Sarah's eighth season as director and choreographer for the Denver Nuggets Dancers. She has choreographed for many highly publicized industrials and fashion shows, as well as for numerous original productions including the NBA All Star game and with nationally touring acts such as Otis Day, Taylor Dayne, and Ciara. In addition to working with dance groups and several well known choreographers from all over the world, she has also been an instructor and choreographer for Universal Dance Association for the past eight years. Recently, Sarah appeared on the nationally televised hit show Thirty Seconds to Fame.

During the off season in the NBA, Sarah choreographs for high school and college dance teams nationwide. She has also been selected to judge national dance competitions for Universal Dance Association and ESPN. When she is not dancing or choreographing, Sarah enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, camping and fishing.