Sumner Merrill

Sumner Merrill is a Southern California–based dance educator, choreographer, and director with over a decade of experience in the competitive dance industry. Her background includes extensive training in multiple styles, professional performance experience, and years of teaching, coaching, choreographing, and directing dancers of all ages and levels. She specializes in jazz, lyrical, pom, and technique, with an emphasis on strong technical foundations, performance quality, and attention to detail. Throughout her career, her choreography and students have earned numerous regional and national titles, choreography awards, and industry recognition.