Sara Ann Mearns and Joshua Alexandre Bergasse were married Nov. 3 in Sunset Beach, N.C. Harvey Weiss, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated on the beach.
Ms. Mearns, 32, is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, with which she has performed since 2003, and will be performing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the company’s production of “The Nutcracker,” which opens Nov. 24. In October, she received a Bessie award as an outstanding performer for her sustained achievements in dance.
She is the daughter of Sharon A. Mearns of Columbia, S.C., who is a registered nurse at the American Renal Associates dialysis clinic in Columbia.
Mr. Bergasse, 45, was the choreographer for the opening in September of a touring production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and is to begin work this month on the choreography for a production of the same show that is to open in January at the Capitol Theater in Sydney, Australia. He received an Emmy Award in 2012 for his choreography on the NBC series “Smash.”
He is a son of Annette Bergasse of Oak Park, Mich., and John Bergasse of Ferndale, Mich. The groom’s mother retired in June as a dance instructor and the owner of Annette & Company School of Dance in Farmington Hills, Mich. His father imports and sells slate, agricultural implements and other products, in Ferndale.
The bride and groom are collaborating on a revival of Rodgers & Hart’s “I Married an Angel,” which is to be presented in March 2019 at the Encores! series at New York City Center.
The groom’s previous marriage ended in divorce.
Ms. Mearns and Mr. Bergasse met in 2012, when he was working as the choreographer on “Smash,” and interviewed her for a position in the series. (The sequence for which she was being considered was never filmed.) “There was a real connection between us,” he said.
They began dating in the summer of 2013, after meeting at the restaurant One If By Land, Two If By Sea, and becoming so engrossed in their conversation at the bar that they forgot to eat. (They grabbed pizza on the way home.)
