Born in
Sarasota, Florida, Zehr trained from the age of seven with the
Sarasota Ballet School and later with the
Harid Conservatory in
Boca Raton. When she was 17, she joined the
Houston Ballet as an apprentice, working with
Maina Gielgud there and becoming a soloist in 2006. The National Ballet of Canada in
Toronto took her on as a soloist in 2007, promoting her to principal dancer in 2009. In both Houston and Toronto, she established a close personal and professional relationship with
Zdenek Konvalina. Following Konvalina, in 2011, she joined the English National Ballet as a principal dancer. She has danced principal roles in several classical ballets including
The Sleeping Beauty,
Swan Lake and
Giselle and in works by
George Balanchine such as
Apollo (ballet) and
Jewels. She received the Rolex Dancers First Award in 2009 for dancing the title role in
Davide Bombana's
Carmen. ==References==