Si View Dance Program

Meet our Instructors

Sara Werner
Ms. Sara lives in North Bend with her husband and 3 children. Sara has been building and nurturing the dance program at Si View over the past 7 years and enjoys watching her students grow as dancers and young children. Sara started dancing at the age of four and has stayed active in dance ever since. Sara is entering her 15th year of teaching youth dance in ballet, jazz, tap and musical theatre. She has also taught drama at the Village Theatre and worked for the City of Renton for 5 years teaching dance and drama. She has choreographed many youth musicals all over King and Snohomish counties. She has performed over the years in Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, and London.

Sara graduated with a bachelor's degree in Performing Arts from Evergreen State College and also studied at Cornish College of the Arts and San Diego State University. This school year Sara will be teaching at two area pre-schools bringing creative movement to class time. Sara is truly living out her dreams by working with young students and brings the joy of the arts into their lives.

Welcome our new instructor - Cristie Coffing
Cristie Coffing earned her degree in Physical Education, Dance and English from Central Washington University, then attended Reed College. She has trained with such masters as; Armgard von Bardeleben, Pat Graney, Bill Evans, Leslie Watanabe, Penny Hutchinson, Greg Lizenberry, Shirley Jenkins, and Erica Angelakos. She has been performing since 1979 and teaching since 1984 and has danced professionally with Winnie Chapin Young & Co., Erica Angelakos & Associates, Mary Sheldon Scott and many independent choreographers. She has been seen on stage in various productions, including; Dancing at Lughnassa, Barefoot in the Park, Lie of the Mind, West Side Story, Dial M for Murder and Dracula.

She currently works with Theatre Black Dog and is Theatre Director of Reach for the Sky July while writing her own plays and novel. She continues to study ballet and tap and teach dance on the eastside. One of her joys has been teaching creative movement at the Mt. Si Montessori for the past 20 years. Dance, theatre, art, that’s all there is to it.

Meet our new instructor Betsy Brocco
Fall City native, Betsy Brocco is enthused to be a part of the Si View community. Since a very young age she has naturally gravitated towards the world of rhythm and dance. She has found dance to be a helpful tool for self-expression, and is a true believer in the power of dance to connect us to our inner truth, bring about transformation, foster compassion and develop community. Her formal dance training began at age 7 with The Center for Dance in the styles of jazz and tap. As her experience expanded and her love grew, she incorporated the genres of hip-hop, flamenco, ballet, and modern to her repertoire. Betsy studied sports medicine and finds safety to be of paramount importance in any activity that requires such physicality and exertion of energy. She has preformed in the "The Black Dog" theatre group’s rendition of the Charles Dickens’s classic, "A Christmas Carol" in which she played five roles, male and female.

Betsy is currently a counselor for Reach for the Sky July, a music, dance, and theatre camp, and is involved in the studies of yoga, lyrical hip-hop and modern dance. Working at the Black Dog as a barista, hostess and server, she enjoys being surrounded by artistically creative individuals and the sense of community that exists there. She wishes you happy grooving in all your moving.