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06 enero 2010

SARAH LAMB - Royal Ballet London



BIOGRAPHY

Sarah Lamb is a principal ballet dancer in the Royal Ballet, London. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she trained with Madame Tatiana Legat at Boston Ballet School. She was awarded a Gold Medal in 1998 by U.S. President Bill Clinton after being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. With Legat's coaching she won three silver medals in 1999 at the International Ballet Competition in Nagoya, Japan, the Sixth NY IBC in 2000, and the USA IBC in 2002.

She joined Boston Ballet in 1998, was promoted to soloist in 2001 and principal in 2003. She joined The Royal Ballet in August 2004 and was promoted to principal in 2006.

The second of three children, all girls, born to Kathleen and John Lamb, Sarah grew up in Boston and Brookline. She started dancing almost as soon as she could walk. Before she was ten years old, she was training in the Boston Ballet School and chosen to star in the annual major professional production of The Nutcracker as Clara. Years later, she starred in the adult roles with other young Claras, on the same stage. She married fellow dancer Patrick Thornberry in 2005 and they reside in London.

Career and repertory
Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Princess Aurora and Princess Florine (The Sleeping Beauty), Lise (La Fille mal gardée), Sylphide (La Sylphide), Sugar Plum Fairy, (The Nutcracker), Marie Larisch, Olga, Thaïs and Winter Dreams pas de deux, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Voluntaries, Polyphonia, The Grey Area, Afternoon of a Faun, Chroma, Infra, Tanglewood, Sylvia, and Fin du Jour.

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