Once every four years, some of the ballet world’s best and brightest gather in Jackson, MS, to face off in the super-prestigious USA International Ballet Competition. The event’s list of alums is kind of ridiculous: Boston Ballet’s Misa Kuranaga and Jeffrey Cirio, The Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb, American Ballet Theatre’s Daniil Simkin and Sarah Lane, […]
Royal Ballet principal Sarah Lamb is an unlikely mixture of softness and steel. In photographs she looks like the archetypically delicate ballerina. Watch her move, though, and you’ll see the strength that grounds each refined pose. Born in Boston, MA, Lamb began training at the Boston Ballet School at age 6. She joined Boston Ballet […]
Christmas is now officially 364 days away, but it’s never too early to start working on those wish lists for 2016! And the chance to see Sarah Lamb, a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, perform Wayne McGregor‘s Woolf Works is already securely at the top of mine. Even if that doesn’t happen, the dance gods have luckily gifted us with a […]
Lamb as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (photo by Johan Persson, courtesy Royal Opera House) It’s hard to believe that Kenneth MacMillan’s iconic Romeo and Juliet turns 50 this year: It hasn’t aged a day! In fact, the production is still danced by many ballet companies around the world. To celebrate the work’s golden anniversary, […]
Today, members of the Royal Ballet are performing an amazing mixed program during Deloitte Ignite, which is a month-long contemporary arts festival at the Royal Opera House in Lo—wait, what? You’re saying you can’t make it to England on such short notice? Well, do I have news for you. Today’s Royal Ballet performance will be […]
Mark your calendars: The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty will be broadcast in movie theaters nationwide on Thursday, March 20 at 7 pm. Whether you go with your main squeeze or make it a night on the town with the gals, the chance to watch Sarah Lamb as Aurora will not disappoint. Sarah Lamb with Steven […]
It seems like ballet companies are all about breaking that fourth wall these days! If you had fun browsing through Henry Leutwyler’s behind-the-scenes photos of New York City Ballet, you’ll be happy to hear that The Royal Ballet recently allowed a photographer—from London paper “The Guardian”—backstage, too, to document its latest triple-bill performance. There are […]