Cierra Munro
Ballet
Cierra began her dance training when she was three years old in her home town of Port Moody. After discovering her love for ballet, she began studying at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver in pursuit of a professional career. There, she trained in the half day pre-professional program under Fiona Smith, Yao Ping Zhu and Chan Hon Goh and graduated into the Goh Ballet Youth Company. Cierra completed all of the Royal Academy of Dance Vocational Examinations from Intermediate to Advanced II earning Distinction, and under the training of Isabel Yuan and Lynette Kelly she received the highly prestigious Solo Seal Award in 2016.
During her time as a student, Cierra was fortunate to have many opportunities to tour and compete both locally and internationally. She has been a finalist in competitions in South Korea, Vienna, Germany and China and a medalist at the Vienna International Ballet Experience as well as the Global Dance Challenge in 2017. She was twice the Provincial Representative for the Surrey Festival of Dance and received support from the BC Arts Council in 2014, 2016 and 2017. Cierra was also extremely fortunate to have participated in many collaborations that took her around the world as both a performer and choreographer. She performed in the 60th Anniversary Gala of the Beijing Dance Academy and the Meet in Beijing Arts Festival Gala and performed and contributed choreography for a collaboration with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company for the Vancouver International Dance Festival. Cierra has also been featured in numerous film and media projects which she credits to her dance training.
After graduating, Cierra was selected for the Jacob’s Pillow Ballet Program in 2017 under the tutelage of Anna Marie Holmes and participated in a world premier choreographed by Bruce Wells for the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival’s 80th anniversary. She later joined Oregon Ballet Theatre as a member of OBT2, Oregon Ballet Theatre’s second company. Cierra also performed in many company productions at Oregon Ballet Theatre including George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker”, Ben Stevenson’s “Cinderella”, Septime Webre’s “ALICE (in Wonderland)” and many more. Cierra is also trained in contemporary dance and performed in Nacho Duato’s “Rassemblement” during her time at Oregon Ballet Theatre.
Cierra hopes to pass on her enthusiasm and knowledge to the next generation of performers. She is very excited to be part of the teaching team at Caulfield School of Dance!
