Špela Sterle was born in 1976 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. At the age of six, she began taking dance classes. Three years later she was selected for a jazz/tap dance group under the direction of Mojca Horvat and over the next five years participated in many performances, competitions, and television appearances with the group. When she was eleven she began training in classical ballet. In 1995, following her graduation from the Secondary School For Music and Ballet in Ljubljana, she joined the Slovenian National Ballet.

Ms. Sterle came to New York in 1997 to study at the Merce Cunningham Studio, where she was awarded a Merit Scholarship and a grant from the Slovenian Ministry of Culture. She has been studying Klein Techique and yoga, and is also a Pilates trainer. She has performed with Elke Rindfleisch, Jeffrey Bauer, Nayo Takasaki, Tina Croll, Pat Catterson, Himiko Minato, Stephanie Lazzara, Elise Knudson, and the NuVoLe Dance Theatre. She began presenting her own choreography in 1999.

Špela Sterle Dance is a contemporary dance group that fuses movement with an eclectic blend of art media. It is led by dancer and choreographer Špela Sterle, whose creations have been performed at The Performance Mix Series Spring 2003 at Joyce SoHo, Spoke the Hub's Winter Follies 2003, WAX, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Construction Company, The Dance Space Center, The Bridge for Dance, and The Broome Street Loft. The company's highlight was an evening concert entitled "Verve Dances" at Joyce SoHo's fall 2003 season. Learn more at Špelasterle.com.