Diane Sharp-Nachsin suffered from injuries that forced her to retire from performing, so in 2005 she founded SHARP Dance Company and premiered the company in March 2006. Diane’s work has been selected for performances in over 30 cities in the U.S. such as: New York, Rochester, Phoenix, Chicago, Brooklyn Cincinnati, Portland, San Diego, Portsmouth, Boulder etc. and in Europe in the UK, England & Italy.Diane started her career in Pittsburgh, dancing with Pittsburgh based, Mary Miller Dance Company from 1992-1994. She returned to Philadelphia to dance on scholarship with Philadanco’s training program. Diane has also danced professionally with Juan Antonio and dancers, Trapezius Aerial Dance Company, Deborah Birrane, Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers, Convergence Dancers and Musicians/Dance Matrix and Amsterdam based company Jacqueline Knopps and dansers. She has performed with Pennsylvania Ballet Theaters’ Principal dancers Leslie Carothers and Meredith Rainey and Dirk Platzik, formally of The White Oak Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Diane was selected as a New Edge Mix Artist Award recipient in Philadelphia, PA and has been commissioned to set work on Mid-Atlantic Ballet 2008-2014. Diane was the first choreographer ever invited, as one of 11 artists world wide to the BAU Institute in Italy where she took part in a two-week artist residency and was awarded a second residency in Paros, Greece at the Living Garden. Diane has taught at numerous studios/colleges including Penn State and the prestigious Governor’s School. She has also choreographed numerous musicals throughout the Philadelphia Area. Some of Diane’s other original work has been showcased in Philadelphia, Maryland, Greece, Pittsburgh, Italy, San Diego, Boulder and at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington D.C. Diane has recently been appointed to the PA Presenters Board where she is continuing to help grow the arts in Pennsylvania.