Anya (she/her) began her training with Victoria Allport and continued at Tring Park School, Academy of Balletic Arts and the English National Ballet School. She was an RBS Senior Associate and supplemented her training with intensive courses at the Royal Ballet School, Academie Princesse Grace, and Dutch National Ballet School. She was an NYB company member in 2017 and 2018.

Anya won the Phyllis Bedells choreography award and was a finalist in the Fonteyn (formerly Génée) International Ballet Competition in 2019. She performed in Nutcracker with ENB and while at ENBS danced works by choreographers Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Didy Veldman, Andrew McNicol, and Alleyne Dance. In addition she performed in Raymonda, Les Rendezvous, and La Sylphide.

Anya Mercer Restager, Residential Performance Company