[1] She attended Mrs. Wordsworth's School in London,[2][3] and studied dance with Veronine Vestoff at the University of California in 1916.

[11] She danced with partner Bernard Tweedale[12] in theatres in the Pacific Northwest, including in Alaska,[13] and wrote an instructional pamphlet on the tango.

[15][16] Using the Russian-sounding name "Sonia Serova", she and her first husband founded the Vestoff-Serova Russian School of Dancing in New York City in 1917.

[20][21] Her dance company was the subject of an experimental sound film in 1924, Sonia Serova Dancers, made by Lee de Forest.

[2][22] She also directed and choreographed programs at Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden[23] and the Skating Club of New York.